Upper mantle heterogeneity beneath the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean) as inferred
from seismology has been associated with a range of subduction and lithospheric …

Over the past few decades, azimuthal seismic anisotropy measurements have been widely
used proxy to study past and present‐day deformation of the lithosphere and to characterize …

This study provides new constraints on the resolvability of mantle flow in subduction zone
settings as inferred by observations of seismic anisotropy. We are motivated by the broad …

The force balance that drives and maintains continental rifting to breakup is poorly
understood. The East African Rift (EAR) provides an ideal natural laboratory to elucidate the …

Flow in the Earth's asthenospheric mantle is typically assumed to be driven by motions of the
overlying and adjacent plates, suggesting flow rates comparable to plate velocities …

Global mantle convection significantly impacts the processes at Earth's surface and has
been used to gain insights on plate driving forces, lithospheric deformation, and the thermal …

The depth of the oceanic lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB), as inferred from
shear wave velocities, increases with lithospheric age, in agreement with models of cooling …

The development of Lattice Preferred Orientations (LPO) within olivine aggregates under
flow in the upper mantle leads to seismic and rheological (or viscoplastic) anisotropies. We …

Flow in the Earth's mantle causes the preferred orientation of crystals called lattice/crystal
preferred orientation (LPO or CPO). This preferred orientation is one of the main reasons …

Various models have been proposed to explain tectonic deformations during continent
collision. A frequently applied model is the thin viscous sheet model which is however not …