[HTML][HTML] Seismic anisotropy tomography: New insight into subduction dynamics

D Zhao, S Yu, X Liu - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Body-wave and surface-wave tomography, receiver-function imaging, and shear-wave
splitting measurements have shown that seismic anisotropy and heterogeneity coexist in all …

A geodynamical perspective on the subduction of Cocos and Rivera plates beneath Mexico and Central America

VC Manea, M Manea, L Ferrari - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle America subduction zone (MASZ) is one of the world'most complex
convergent margins as it involves the subduction of the Rivera and Cocos young oceanic …

P and S wave anisotropic tomography of the Banda subduction zone

Y Hua, D Zhao, YG Xu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In subduction zones with slab‐slab interactions, the pattern of mantle convection is very
complex and still unclear. In this study, we jointly invert a large number of P and S wave …

Connections between arc volcanoes in Central Kamchatka and the subducting slab inferred from local earthquake seismic tomography

N Bushenkova, I Koulakov, O Bergal-Kuvikas… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The area of Central Kamchatka limited by latitudes of 52.5 and 54 degrees includes
six active volcanoes (Avacha, Koryaksky, Zhupanovsky, Mutnovsky, Gorely and Opala), as …

P-wave anisotropy, mantle wedge flow and olivine fabrics beneath Japan

X Liu, D Zhao - Geophysical Journal International, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present a new 3-D anisotropic P-wave velocity (Vp) model for the crust and upper mantle
of the Japan subduction zone obtained by inverting a large number of high-quality P-wave …

Contrasts of seismic velocity, density and strength across the Moho

W Rabbel, M Kaban, M Tesauro - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
We provide an overview of contrast of elastomechanical parameters across the Moho,
basically contrasts in seismic wave velocities, density and yield strength. These can be …

Volatile (H2O, CO2, Cl, S) budget of the Central American subduction zone

A Freundt, I Grevemeyer, W Rabbel… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
After more than a decade of multidisciplinary studies of the Central American subduction
zone mainly in the framework of two large research programmes, the US MARGINS program …

Quaternary volcanism in Myanmar: A record of Indian slab tearing in a transition zone from oceanic to continental subduction

LY Zhang, WM Fan, L Ding, MN Ducea… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Magmatic processes that occur during the transition from oceanic to continental subduction
and collision in orogens are critical and still poorly resolved. Oceanic slab detachment in …

Seismic signatures of a hydrated mantle wedge from antigorite crystal-preferred orientation (CPO)

SJ Brownlee, BR Hacker, GE Harlow… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
We report electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) measurements of antigorite crystal
preferred orientations (CPOs) from 7 samples of antigorite schist from serpentinite mélanges …

Anisotropic tomography of Hokkaido reveals delamination‐induced flow above a subducting slab

I Koulakov, E Kukarina, IH Fathi… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new 3‐D anisotropic seismic model for the crust and upper mantle beneath
Hokkaido (Japan) based on tomographic inversion of P and S arrival times from a regional …