[1] Broadband data from the Meso-America Subduction Experiment (MASE) line in central Mexico were used to image the subducted Cocos plate and the overriding continental lithosphere beneath central Mexico using a generalized radon transform based migration. Our images provide insight into the process of subducting relatively young oceanic lithosphere and its complex geometry beneath continental ...

SUMMARY This Ph.D. thesis focuses on construction and analysis of a comprehensive model of the European lithosphere, which is based on the integration of most of the existing geophysical studies and estimation of physical (density, temperature, velocity) and rheological parameters. The model describes the structure and physical properties of the principal lithospheric layers, drawing special at...

Mehdi Eshagh 1, Matloob Hussain 1,2, Robert Tenzer 3,4,* and Mohsen Romeshkani 5 1 Department of Engineering Science, University West, Trollhättan 46186, Sweden; [email protected] (M.E.); [email protected] (M.H.) 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan 3 The Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment and Geodesy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China ...

The deep crustal deformation in the east Pamir response to Cenozoic collision with Tien Shan and Tarim Basin is so far poorly constrained. We present new insights into structure of its surrounding regions using P receiver functions from 40 temporary permanent seismic stations. thickness reaches a maximum 88 km beneath central southern decreases sharply 50–60 along 41–50 below Basin. most promin...

[1] Admittance estimates from line-of-sight (LOS) acceleration profiles of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are used to constrain the mean crustal thickness and surface density centered on the hemispheric dichotomy, from 110 E to 220 E, 40 S to 20 N. Models with uniform crustal properties predict lower than expected bulk crustal densities. Two-layer models with loading only at the surface an...

Abstract The Taiwan orogenic belt is formed by the strong convergence between Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate. detailed mountain building process still under debated largely due to poor constraint of deep crustal structures, particularly geometry at Moho-depth. Here Moho-refracted P waves are identified from seismic data recorded a dense array (Formosa Array) in northern Taiwan. Althoug...

SUMMARY The Semail Ophiolite in eastern Arabia is the largest and best-exposed slice of oceanic lithosphere on land. Detailed knowledge tectonic evolution shallow crust, particular during after ophiolite obduction Late Cretaceous times contrasted by few constraints physical compositional properties middle lower continental crust below obducted units. role inherited, pre-obduction crustal archit...

Apersistent seismic gap is hypothesized in the Pollino area (southern Italy), at the boundary between the Apennines and the Calabrian arc. Presently, seismic swarms are active in the gap area, creating concerns for possible future large earthquakes. In this study, we model the deep Earth structure across the Pollino range to give new insights on the kinematics and tectonics of this enigmatic ar...