A planet's crust bears witness to the history of planetary formation and evolution, but for
Mars, no absolute measurement of crustal thickness has been available. Here, we …

The lower boundary of the lithospheric plates has remained as an enigmatic boundary for
seismologists, since it is relatively poorly observed by seismic means. There is traditionally a …

The InSight lander will deliver geophysical instruments to Mars in 2018, including
seismometers installed directly on the surface (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure …

Mars's seismic activity and noise have been monitored since January 2019 by the
seismometer of the InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and …

The asthenosphere plays a fundamental role in present-day plate tectonics as its low
viscosity controls how convection in the mantle below it is expressed at the Earth's surface …

How the continental lithosphere deforms far away from plate boundaries has been long
debated. The Tianshan is a type-example of ongoing lithospheric deformation in an …

This paper presents a new model of the shear velocity structure of the crust and uppermost
mantle beneath the contiguous US The model is based on more than a decade of USArray …

The lateral expansion of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau causes devastating earthquakes,
but is poorly understood. In particular, the links between regional variations in surface …

We detected surface waves from two meteorite impacts on Mars. By measuring group
velocity dispersion along the impact-lander path, we obtained a direct constraint on crustal …

Competing geodynamic models, such as rigid-block extrusion, continuous deformation, and
the mid-lower crustal flow, have been proposed to describe the growth and expansion of …