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Orogenic lithosphere and slabs in the greater Alpine area – interpretations based on teleseismic P-wave tomography
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität
Berlin, Malteserstr. 74–100, 12249 Berlin, Germany
Stefan M. Schmid
Institut für Geophysik, ETH-Zürich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092
Zurich, Switzerland
Marcel Paffrath
Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Geophysik,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Wolfgang Friederich
Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Geophysik,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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New images from the multi-national AlpArray experiment illuminate the Alps from below. They indicate thick European mantle descending beneath the Alps and forming blobs that are mostly detached from the Alps above. In contrast, the Adriatic mantle in the Alps is much thinner. This difference helps explain the rugged mountains and the abundance of subducted and exhumed units at the core of the Alps. The blobs are stretched remnants of old ocean and its margins that reach down to at least 410 km.
New images from the multi-national AlpArray experiment illuminate the Alps from below. They...
