[HTML][HTML] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

Effects of the electronic spin transitions of iron in lower mantle minerals: Implications for deep mantle geophysics and geochemistry

JF Lin, S Speziale, Z Mao… - Reviews of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We have critically reviewed and discussed currently available information regarding the spin
and valence states of iron in lower mantle minerals and the associated effects of the spin …

Subducted slabs stagnant above, penetrating through, and trapped below the 660 km discontinuity

Y Fukao, M Obayashi - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A new P wave tomographic model of the mantle was constructed using more than 10 million
travel times. The finite‐frequency effect of seismic rays was taken into account by calculating …

LLNL‐G3Dv3: Global P wave tomography model for improved regional and teleseismic travel time prediction

NA Simmons, SC Myers… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a global‐scale P wave velocity model (LLNL‐G3Dv3) designed to accurately
predict seismic travel times at regional and teleseismic distances simultaneously. The model …

Future directions in subduction modeling

T Gerya - Journal of Geodynamics, 2011 - Elsevier
During the last four decades, subduction remained one of the most challenging and
captivating geodynamic processes investigated with numerical techniques. While significant …

Mantle provinces under North America from multifrequency P wave tomography

K Sigloch - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This is a survey of mantle provinces (large‐scale seismic anomalies) under North America,
from the surface down to 1500–1800 km depth. The underlying P velocity model was …

Compositional mantle layering revealed by slab stagnation at~ 1000-km depth

MD Ballmer, NC Schmerr, T Nakagawa, J Ritsema - Science advances, 2015 - science.org
Improved constraints on lower-mantle composition are fundamental to understand the
accretion, differentiation, and thermochemical evolution of our planet. Cosmochemical …

Slab stagnation in the shallow lower mantle linked to an increase in mantle viscosity

H Marquardt, L Miyagi - Nature Geoscience, 2015 - nature.com
Subduction of oceanic lithosphere is the main process by which material from Earth's
surface and atmosphere is recycled back into the deep mantle. Seismic images indicate that …

On the consistency of seismically imaged lower mantle slabs

GE Shephard, KJ Matthews, K Hosseini, M Domeier - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The geoscience community is increasingly utilizing seismic tomography to interpret mantle
heterogeneity and its links to past tectonic and geodynamic processes. To assess the …

Phonon quasiparticles and anharmonic free energy in complex systems

DB Zhang, T Sun, RM Wentzcovitch - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We use a hybrid strategy to obtain anharmonic frequency shifts and lifetimes of phonon
quasiparticles from first principles molecular dynamics simulations in modest size …