Origins of cratonic mantle discontinuities: A view from petrology, geochemistry and thermodynamic models

S Aulbach, M Massuyeau, F Gaillard - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Geophysically detectible mid-lithospheric discontinuities (MLD) and lithosphere-
asthenosphere boundaries (LAB) beneath cratons have received much attention over recent …

A comparison of oceanic and continental mantle lithosphere

KM Fischer, CA Rychert, CA Dalton, MS Miller… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, seismological studies have shed new light on the properties of the
mantle lithosphere and their physical and chemical origins. This paper synthesizes recent …

WINTERC-G: mapping the upper mantle thermochemical heterogeneity from coupled geophysical–petrological inversion of seismic waveforms, heat flow, surface …

J Fullea, S Lebedev, Z Martinec… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present a new global thermochemical model of the lithosphere and underlying upper
mantle constrained by state of the art seismic waveform inversion, satellite gravity (geoid …

Continental mid‐lithosphere discontinuity: A water collector during craton evolution

HY Fu, ZH Li, L Chen - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Continental mid‐lithosphere discontinuity (MLD) seems to be ubiquitous beneath cratons
around the world with the dominant depth of 70–100 km, and is characterized by a shear …

Active crustal differentiation beneath the Rio Grande Rift

JH Cipar, JM Garber, ARC Kylander-Clark… - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
Silicon-rich continental crust is unique to Earth. Partial melting during high-to ultrahigh-
temperature metamorphism (700° C to> 900° C) promotes the long-term stability of this crust …

Western US intraplate deformation controlled by the complex lithospheric structure

Z Cao, L Liu - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The western United States is one of Earth's most tectonically active regions,
characterized by extensive crustal deformation through intraplate earthquakes and geodetic …

Lithospheric structure beneath the central and western North China Craton and adjacent regions from S-receiver function imaging

Y Zhang, L Chen, Y Ai, M Jiang - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
To elucidate the nature and extent of the lithospheric modification in the central and western
North China Craton (NCC) and adjacent regions, we used the wave equation–based …

The changing face of the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary: Imaging continental scale patterns in upper mantle structure across the contiguous US with Sp …

E Hopper, KM Fischer - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Juxtaposed terranes of highly varied tectonic history make up the contiguous US: the
tectonically active western US, the largely quiescent Archean and Proterozoic cratons of the …

[HTML][HTML] The 'pargasosphere'hypothesis: Looking at global plate tectonics from a new perspective

IJ Kovács, N Liptai, A Koptev, SAPL Cloetingh… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Apart from the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB), mid-lithospheric discontinuities
(MLDs) in thick and old continental lithospheres appear to play an important role in global …

Assessing the presence of volatile-bearing mineral phases in the cratonic mantle as a possible cause of mid-lithospheric discontinuities

S Saha, Y Peng, R Dasgupta, M Mookherjee… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
A number of possible hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of mid-
lithospheric discontinuities (MLDs), typically characterized by∼ 2-6% reductions in seismic …