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31 Jul 2015
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| 31 Jul 2015
Structure of the upper mantle in the north-western and central United States from USArray S-receiver functions
R. Kind
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
Freie Universität, Fachrichtung Geophysik, Berlin, Germany
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
J. Mechie
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
F. Sodoudi
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
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- Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the Contiguous US Resolved With Array Observations of SKS Multipathing and Slowness Vector Perturbations J. Ward et al.
- Seismic velocity structure of the crust and shallow mantle of the Central and Eastern United States by seismic surface wave imaging F. Pollitz & W. Mooney
- Multifrequency Inversion of Ps and Sp Receiver Functions: Methodology and Application to USArray Data F. Bissig et al.
- New insights on Moho depth and regional lithospheric structure of central Oklahoma based on receiver function analysis from dense seismic networks Z. Wang et al.
- Imaging the Mantle Lithosphere below the China cratons using S-to-p converted waves X. Shen et al.
- Roles of Continental Mid‐Lithosphere Discontinuity in the Craton Instability Under Variable Tectonic Regimes H. Fu & Z. Li
- Reflection seismic profiling of mantle structure under the contiguous United States from ambient noise cross-correlation P. Shearer et al.
- Crustal structure and upper mantle anisotropy of the Afar triple junction U. Kumar et al.
- New insights into the structural elements of the upper mantle beneath the contiguous United States fromS-to-Pconverted seismic waves R. Kind et al.
- The Changing Face of the Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere Boundary: Imaging Continental Scale Patterns in Upper Mantle Structure Across the Contiguous U.S. With Sp Converted Waves E. Hopper & K. Fischer
- Detection of a new sub-lithospheric discontinuity in Central Europe with S-receiver functions R. Kind et al.
- Insights Into Layering in the Cratonic Lithosphere Beneath Western Australia W. Sun et al.
- Scattered wave imaging of the oceanic plate in Cascadia C. Rychert et al.
- Lateral Structural Variation of the Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere System in the Northeastern to Eastern Iranian Plateau and Its Tectonic Implications Z. Wu et al.
- Global finite-frequency tomography of the 220-km discontinuity S. Sun & Y. Zhou
- Continental Mid‐Lithosphere Discontinuity: A Water Collector During Craton Evolution H. Fu et al.
- Data-oriented constraint on the interpretation of S receiver function and its application to observations of seismic discontinuities in the lithosphere–asthenosphere system X. Shen et al.
- An adaptive Bayesian inversion for upper-mantle structure using surface waves and scattered body waves Z. Eilon et al.
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Short summary
We observed with seismic data the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) in the western United States and the mid-lithospheric discontinuity (MLD) in the central United States. In the northern and southern United States, the western LAB (probably of the Farallon plate) is weakly east dipping. There are indications of a west-dipping MLD in between. We interpret this interfingering structure of the mantle lithosphere as a result of the collision of the Farallon and the Laurentia plates.
We observed with seismic data the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) in the western...
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