The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of the art in seismic
tomography, and trace its origins from pioneering work in the early 1970s to its present …

Regional variations of the intrinsic shear wave quality factor Qµ in both the upper crust and
upper mantle of continents are large, with values in old, stable cratons exceeding those in …

4.1 Introduction 51 4.2 Elastic constants 52 4.3 Isothermal versus adiabatic elastic constants
55 4.4 Experimental techniques 57 4.5 Some general trends in elasticity: Birch's law 59 4.6 …

Temperature dependence of seismic wave velocities comes both from anharmonicity and
anelasticity. The contribution from anelasticity is shown to be important in the Earth's mantle …

Constraints on mantle temperatures are fundamental for a better understanding of the
dynamics of the Earth. We evaluate how well upper-mantle thermal structure can be inferred …

The common belief that the seismic low velocity and high attenuation zone (the
asthenosphere) is caused by the presence of a small amount of melt is not supported by …

Various methods for inferring the water distribution in Earth's mantle are reviewed including
geochemical and geophysical methods. The geochemical approach using the water …

We investigate seismic wave velocity reduction resulting from the presence of partial melt in
the upper mantle. The amount of shear and bulk modulus reduction produced by the …

Presenting a coherent synthesis of lithosphere studies, this book covers a range of
geophysical methods (seismic reflection, refraction, and receiver function methods; elastic …

In order to investigate the processes responsible for the attenuation of seismic shear waves
in the Earth's upper mantle, four olivine polycrystals ranging in mean grain size d from 3 to …