Deformation of crust and upper mantle in central Tibet caused by the northward subduction and slab tearing of the Indian lithosphere: New evidence based on shear …

C Wu, X Tian, T Xu, X Liang, Y Chen, M Taylor… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Shear-wave splitting provides insight into geodynamic processes such as lithospheric
deformation and upper mantle flow. This study presents shear wave splitting parameters …

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 …

A Crust and Upper-Mantle Model of Eurasia and North Africa for Pn Travel-Time Calculation

SC Myers, ML Begnaud, S Ballard… - Bulletin of the …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We develop a regional seismic travel-time (RSTT) model and method for use in routine
seismic analysis. The model parameterization is a global tessellation of nodes with a …

Limited southward underthrusting of the Asian lithosphere and material extrusion beneath the northeastern margin of Tibet, inferred from teleseismic Rayleigh wave …

X Wei, M Jiang, X Liang, L Chen… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The northeastern margin of Tibet is of key importance in understanding the uplift and
expansion of Tibetan Plateau. In this research, we perform Rayleigh wave tomography from …

Pn anisotropic tomography of Northeast Asia: New insight into subduction dynamics and volcanism

M Du, J Lei, D Zhao, H Lu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new high‐resolution model of P‐wave anisotropic tomography of the
uppermost mantle beneath NE Asia obtained by inverting 88,303 high‐quality manually …

Seismic structure of the crust and the upper mantle beneath the Himalayas: Evidence for eclogitization of lower crustal rocks in the Indian Plate

G Monsalve, A Sheehan, C Rowe… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Variations in the seismic velocity structure of the Himalayan collision zone include significant
differences between its north and south portions, with transitions in physical properties …

Upper-mantle velocity structure beneath the Zagros collision zone, Central Iran and Alborz from nonlinear teleseismic tomography

M Mahmoodabadi, F Yaminifard, M Tatar… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We applied a nonlinear teleseismic tomography algorithm to explore the 3-D structure of the
upper mantle beneath the Arabia–Eurasia continental collision zone in western Iran. An …

Uppermost mantle structure of the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau from interstation Pn traveltime difference tomography

Z Li, S Ni, T Hao, Y Xu, S Roecker - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
Tomographic inversion with interstation Pn differential traveltime data provides a reliable
velocity image of the uppermost mantle across the Longmenshan Fault Belt, which borders …

A continent‐wide map of 1‐Hz Lg coda Q variation across Eurasia and its relation to lithospheric evolution

BJ Mitchell, L Cong, G Ekström - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We present new maps of Lg coda Q (Qo and its frequency dependence) at 1‐Hz that cover
virtually all of Eurasia. Qo is relatively high, up to 650 or more, in the east European …

Pn tomography of the western United States using USArray

JS Buehler, PM Shearer - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
USArray has now provided several years of high‐quality seismic data and improved ray
coverage for much of the western United States, which will enable increased resolution for …