[HTML][HTML] On the nature of the Cimmerian Continent

AMC Şengör, D Altıner, C Zabcı, G Sunal, N Lom… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cimmerian Continent is the narrow continental strip that rifted from the
northeastern Gondwana-Land margin mostly during the Permian between the present-day …

Geomorphic complexity and the case for topographic rejuvenation of the Appalachian Mountains

JA Spotila, PS Prince - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite vast scientific inquiry, the evolution of Appalachian Mountain topography in eastern
North America has yet to be robustly explained. After a century and a half of investigation …

P and S wave tomography of the mantle beneath the United States

B Schmandt, FC Lin - Geophysical Research Letters, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mantle seismic structure beneath the United States spanning from the active western plate
margin to the passive eastern margin was imaged with teleseismic P and S wave traveltime …

Sampling the volatile-rich transition zone beneath Bermuda

SE Mazza, E Gazel, M Bizimis, R Moucha, P Béguelin… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Intraplate magmatic provinces found away from plate boundaries provide direct sampling of
the composition and heterogeneity of the Earth's mantle. The chemical heterogeneities that …

Where and when did the Paleo-Asian ocean form?

B Wan, S Li, W Xiao, BF Windley - Precambrian Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The closure of the long-lived Paleo-Asian Ocean generated the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
(CAOB). However, the tectonic history and circumstances of where and when this ocean …

Relationship between observed upper mantle structures and recent tectonic activity across the Southeastern United States

CB Biryol, LS Wagner, KM Fischer… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The lithospheric structure of the Southeastern United States is a product of earlier episodes
of continental collision and breakup. The region is located in the interior of the North …

Supercontinental inheritance and its influence on supercontinental breakup: The C entral A tlantic M agmatic P rovince and the breakup of P angea

L Whalen, E Gazel, C Vidito, J Puffer… - Geochemistry …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) is the large igneous province (LIP)
that coincides with the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea. Major and trace element data …

Uppermost mantle seismic velocity structure beneath USArray

JS Buehler, PM Shearer - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We apply Pn tomography beneath the entire USArray footprint to image uppermost mantle
velocity structure and anisotropy, as well as crustal thickness constraints, beneath the United …

Electrical conductivity structure of southeastern North America: Implications for lithospheric architecture and Appalachian topographic rejuvenation

BS Murphy, GD Egbert - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
We present the first three-dimensional view of the lithospheric electrical conductivity
structure beneath southeastern North America. By inverting EarthScope long-period …

The hottest lavas of the Phanerozoic and the survival of deep Archaean reservoirs

J Trela, E Gazel, AV Sobolev, L Moore, M Bizimis… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Large igneous provinces and some hotspot volcanoes are thought to form above
thermochemical anomalies known as mantle plumes. Petrologic investigations that support …