Mantle structure and tectonic history of SE Asia

R Hall, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Seismic travel-time tomography of the mantle under SE Asia reveals patterns of subduction-
related seismic P-wave velocity anomalies that are of great value in helping to understand …

Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

C Faccenna, TW Becker, L Auer, A Billi… - Reviews of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean offers a unique opportunity to study the driving forces of tectonic
deformation within a complex mobile belt. Lithospheric dynamics are affected by slab …

Global distribution of sediment-hosted metals controlled by craton edge stability

MJ Hoggard, K Czarnota, FD Richards, DL Huston… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sustainable development and the transition to a clean-energy economy drives ever-
increasing demand for base metals, substantially outstripping the discovery rate of new …

[HTML][HTML] 青海省共和县恰卜恰干热岩体地热地质特征

张森琦, 严维德, 黎敦朋, 贾小丰, 张盛生, 李胜涛… - 中国地质, 2018 - cgsjournals.com
基于地热地质, 综合地球物理勘查成果等布孔依据, 实施的GR1 干热岩勘探孔位于共和县恰卜恰
干热岩体中南部, 是迄今我国钻遇地层温度最高的干热岩勘探孔, 为我国首个EGS …

P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine‐Mediterranean area

C Piromallo, A Morelli - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We study the upper mantle P wave velocity structure below the Euro‐Mediterranean area,
down to 1000 km depth, by seismic travel time tomography. We invert summary residuals …

WINTERC-G: mapping the upper mantle thermochemical heterogeneity from coupled geophysical–petrological inversion of seismic waveforms, heat flow, surface …

J Fullea, S Lebedev, Z Martinec… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present a new global thermochemical model of the lithosphere and underlying upper
mantle constrained by state of the art seismic waveform inversion, satellite gravity (geoid …

Inferring upper-mantle temperatures from seismic velocities

F Cammarano, S Goes, P Vacher, D Giardini - Physics of the Earth and …, 2003 - Elsevier
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 …

Evolution of the European Cenozoic Rift System: interaction of the Alpine and Pyrenean orogens with their foreland lithosphere

P Dèzes, SM Schmid, PA Ziegler - Tectonophysics, 2004 - Elsevier
The evolution of the European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS) and the Alpine orogen is
discussed on the base of a set of palaeotectonic maps and two retro-deformed lithospheric …

Physical, chemical, and chronological characteristics of continental mantle

RW Carlson, DG Pearson, DE James - Reviews of Geophysics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Unlike in the ocean basins where the shallow mantle eventually contributes to the
destruction of the overlying crust, the shallow mantle beneath continents serves as a stiff …

Inferring surface heat flux distributions guided by a global seismic model: particular application to Antarctica

NM Shapiro, MH Ritzwoller - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2004 - Elsevier
We present a method that uses a global seismic model of the crust and upper mantle to
guide the extrapolation of existing heat-flow measurements to regions where such …