A review of the geodynamic evolution of flat slab subduction in Mexico, Peru, and Chile

VC Manea, M Manea, L Ferrari, T Orozco-Esquivel… - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
Subducting plates around the globe display a large variability in terms of slab geometry,
including regions where smooth and little variation in subduction parameters is observed …

The Cascadia Paradox: Mantle flow and slab fragmentation in the Cascadia subduction system

MD Long - Journal of Geodynamics, 2016 - Elsevier
The pattern of mantle flow in subduction systems and the processes that control the mantle
flow field represent fundamental but still poorly understood aspects of subduction dynamics …

Slab‐plume interaction beneath the Pacific Northwest

M Obrebski, RM Allen, M Xue… - Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Pacific Northwest has undergone complex plate reorganization and intense tectono‐
volcanic activity to the east during the Cenozoic (last 65 Ma). Here we show new high …

3-D shear wave radially and azimuthally anisotropic velocity model of the North American upper mantle

H Yuan, B Romanowicz, KM Fischer… - Geophysical Journal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Using a combination of long period seismic waveforms and SKS splitting measurements, we
have developed a 3-D upper-mantle model (SAWum_NA2) of North America that includes …

Azimuthal seismic anisotropy in the Earth's upper mantle and the thickness of tectonic plates

AJ Schaeffer, S Lebedev… - … Supplements to the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Azimuthal seismic anisotropy, the dependence of seismic wave speeds on propagation
azimuth, is largely due to fabrics within the Earth's crust and mantle, produced by …

Aseismic deep slab and mantle flow beneath Alaska: Insight from anisotropic tomography

T Gou, D Zhao, Z Huang, L Wang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present high‐resolution 3‐D images of P wave velocity (Vp), azimuthal anisotropy
(AAN), and radial anisotropy (RAN) down to 900‐km depth beneath Alaska obtained by …

Mapping mantle flows and slab anisotropy in the Cascadia subduction zone

X Liang, D Zhao, Y Hua, YG Xu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Cascadia margin is an unusual subduction zone characterized by the downdip
movement of young and thin oceanic plates, where mantle flow and intraslab deformation …

[HTML][HTML] Anisotropic tomography of the Cascadia subduction zone

D Zhao, Y Hua - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2021 - Elsevier
The first P-wave tomography of 3-D azimuthal and radial anisotropy of the Cascadia
subduction zone is determined by inverting local and teleseismic arrival-time data. Fast …

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 …

Evolution of 3-D subduction-induced mantle flow around lateral slab edges in analogue models of free subduction analysed by stereoscopic particle image …

V Strak, WP Schellart - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
We present analogue models of free subduction in which we investigate the three-
dimensional (3-D) subduction-induced mantle flow focusing around the slab edges. We use …