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Multi‐Scale Spatial Variations in Pacific Mantle Seismic Anisotropy: Constraints on Plate Evolution and Asthenospheric Flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 131, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract We present array‐scale (∼500 × 500 km) anisotropic shear‐velocity models from two Pacific ocean‐bottom seismometer (OBS) arrays of the OBS Research in the Convecting Asthenosphere (ORCA) experiment: Young ORCA (∼43 Ma) and Old ORCA (∼90 Ma). Rayleigh‐wave phase velocities spanning 5–150 s are combined with Love‐wave phase velocities from 5 to ...
Joseph H. Phillips, James B. Gaherty, Joshua B. Russell, Zachary C. Eilon, Donald W. Forsyth, Joseph S. Byrnes   +5 more
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The asthenosphere low-velocity layer

Annals of Geophysics, 1959
Bisultati basati su osservazioni di vari fenomeni provano praticamentel'esistenza di un canale astenosferico a flessione di velocità, diffuso in tuttala terra.
B. Gutenberg
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The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary observed with USArray receiver functions [PDF]

Solid Earth, 2012
The dense deployment of seismic stations so far in the western half of the United States within the USArray project provides the opportunity to study in greater detail the structure of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system.
P. Kumar, X. Yuan, R. Kind, J. Mechie
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Uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains: Evidence for an Evolving and Long‐Lived Rayleigh‐Taylor Instability

Tectonics, Volume 45, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Rayleigh‐Taylor instabilities within the upper mantle are investigated as a mechanism for the uplift of rift‐margin mountain ranges within the continents. Our focus is on the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM). These mountains form at the margin between East and West Antarctica and have been free from the effects of subduction for about 500 ...
Tim Stern, Simon Lamb, James D. P. Moore, Alec Yates   +3 more
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Investigating the Antarctic Lithosphere Through Sp Receiver Function Analysis

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
To better understand the lithosphere of Antarctica, we imaged its lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary (LAB) and crust‐mantle transition using Sp receiver functions from teleseismic events analyzed at individual stations and with common conversion point ...
Sarah E. Brown, Karen M. Fischer
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Active Tectonics of the Eastern and Southern Alps ‐ Crustal Response to Deep Processes? A Review

Tectonics, Volume 45, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Owing to the low N‐S convergence rates between Adria and Europe, crustal deformation rates in the Alps and its forelands are low. Active tectonics are, therefore, difficult to study, especially as non‐tectonic landscape forming processes can erase or modify the tectonic surface imprint. Large‐scale and dense seismological data recently offered
Christoph Grützner, Gesa Petersen, Enrico Serpelloni, Sabrina Metzger, Jasper Moernaut, Kamil Ustaszewski, Jacek Szczygieł, Petra Jamšek Rupnik, Azam Jozi Najafabadi, Ajay Kumar, Andrea Piccolo, Blaž Vičič, Simone Cesca, Esther Hintersberger, Laurens Jan Hofman, Jörn Kummerow, Erick Prince, Klaus Reicherter, Christian Schuler, Gregor Rajh, Marcel Thielmann   +20 more
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Inversion by Intrusion: Magma‐Driven Shortening in the Turkana Rift (East Africa)

Tectonics, Volume 45, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Late Pliocene to Pleistocene inversion in the Turkana Rift, observed on seismic reflection data and in outcrop, presents a tectonic paradox by indicating local shortening in an overall extensional setting. Previous studies attributed this inversion either to the reactivation of obliquely oriented structural weaknesses or to reorientation of ...
Ameha A. Muluneh, Chris K. Morley, Sascha Brune, Sibiao Liu, Anne C. Glerum, Rene Gassmöller, Marta Pérez‐Gussinyé   +6 more
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Early–Late Carboniferous Tectonic Evolution of the Northern North China Craton (NE China): Constraints From Zircon Ages, Geochemistry, and Crustal Thickness Modeling

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract The tectonic evolution of the northern margin of the North China Craton (NCC) remains controversial. In this study, we obtained zircon U–Pb ages, geochemical data, and Sr–Nd isotopic data for volcanic rocks, and detrital zircon ages for sedimentary rocks from the Yufutun, Tongqigou, and Benxi formations in central‐southern Jilin Province, NE ...
Yunfei Chang, Qingxiang Du, Huachun Gan, Xiaoli Shen, Zuozhen Han, Xiaoxue Hou, Huicong Zhang   +6 more
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Crustal Thickness Inversion From Magmatic Geochemistry Reveals Spatiotemporal Evolution and Two‐Stage Uplift of the Iranian Plateau

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract The Cenozoic topographic growth of the Iranian Plateau, situated at the Arabia‐Eurasia collision front, provides insights into continental collision dynamics. However, the relative contributions of tectonic shortening versus deep mantle processes to crustal thickening remain debated because systematic quantitative constraints on paleo‐crustal ...
Jun Hu, Yongwei Zhao, Zhengquan Chen, Ni Li, Huan Kang   +4 more
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Highly Enriched and Heterogeneous Mantle Signals Recorded in Mantle Pyroxenite Veins

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract The Earth's mantle is inherently heterogeneous, reflecting ongoing mantle depletion and crustal recycling driven by plate tectonics. Radiogenic isotopes in oceanic basalts are commonly used to characterize mantle reservoirs, but the full chemical diversity of mantle‐derived melts may be obscured by magma mixing during melt transport and ...
Zhen‐Yu Zhang, Chuan‐Zhou Liu, Yan Liang, Tong Liu, Chang Zhang, Bo‐Da Liu, Wen‐Bin Ji, Wei‐Qi Zhang, Ke Huang   +8 more
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