Achievements and prospects of global broadband seismographic networks after 30 years of continuous geophysical observations

AT Ringler, RE Anthony, RC Aster… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global seismographic networks (GSNs) emerged during the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, facilitated by seminal international developments in theory, technology …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic imaging of Northwest Pacific and East Asia: New insight into volcanism, seismogenesis and geodynamics

D Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies on seismic imaging of the Northwest Pacific and East Asian region are
reviewed. High-resolution tomographic images reveal significant lateral heterogeneities in …

Ultralow velocity zone and deep mantle flow beneath the Himalayas linked to subducted slab

J Wolf, MD Long, DA Frost - Nature Geoscience, 2024 - nature.com
The origins of ultralow velocity zones, small-scale structures with extremely low seismic
velocities found near the core–mantle boundary, remain poorly understood. One hypothesis …

Mantle dynamics and seismic anisotropy

MD Long, TW Becker - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Observations of seismic anisotropy yield some of the most direct constraints available on
both past and present-day deformation in the Earth's mantle. Insight into the character of …

[HTML][HTML] 南北构造带岩石圈结构与地震的研究

王椿镛, 杨文采, 吴建平, 丁志峰 - 地球物理学报, 2015 - dsjyj.com.cn
南北构造带是中国大陆东西部大地构造的主要分界, 也是大陆内部强烈地震发生的主要地区之一
. 2008 年汶川MS8. 0 地震发生后, 在南北构造带及周边地区进行了大量的野外科学考察 …

Vertical coherence of deformation in lithosphere in the NE margin of the Tibetan plateau using GPS and shear-wave splitting data

L Chang, Z Ding, C Wang, LM Flesch - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
We present 817 new SKS/SKKS shear-wave splitting observations to infer the mantle
deformation field in the NE margin of the Tibetan plateau. The obvious pattern of dense …

Seismic imaging: From classical to adjoint tomography

Q Liu, YJ Gu - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Seismic tomography has been a vital tool in probing the Earth's internal structure and
enhancing our knowledge of dynamical processes in the Earth's crust and mantle. While …

Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath China

Z Huang, L Wang, D Zhao, N Mi, M Xu - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
We analyzed the shear-wave splitting at 138 permanent seismograph stations to study
seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics under Mainland China. To obtain reliable results …

The deep structure of the Alps based on the CIFALPS seismic experiment: A synthesis

MG Malusà, S Guillot, L Zhao, A Paul… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Alps are the site where classic geologic concepts such as nappe
theory, continental subduction and slab breakoff have been first proposed. However, the …

A method for mapping crustal deformation and anisotropy with receiver functions and first results from USArray

V Schulte-Pelkum, KH Mahan - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Lithosphere that has undergone deformation may record this process in the form of fabric
such as foliation and lineation from ductile deformation, as well as non-horizontal interfaces …