Ancient craton‐wide mid‐lithosphere discontinuity controlled by pargasite channels

ZJ Sudholz, P Zhang, CM Eakin… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanisms governing a commonly observed seismic velocity drop in the cratonic
lithosphere, referred to as the mid‐lithospheric discontinuity (MLD), have been widely …

A new view of shear wavespeed and the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary in the Southwestern United States

EM Golos, B Brunsvik, Z Eilon… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southwestern United States experiences active deformation, seismicity, and
magmatism, remarkable in an intraplate setting. The Basin and Range and Colorado …

A taxonomy of upper‐mantle stratification in the US

SAB Carr, T Olugboji - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The investigation of upper mantle structure beneath the US has revealed a growing diversity
of discontinuities within, across, and underneath the sub‐continental lithosphere. As the …