Lower Mantle & Core-Mantle Boundary

2011 Spring (General)

 

Suggested Readings

Lay, T. and E. J. Garnero (2011), Deep Mantle Seismic Modeling and Imaging, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 39, 91-123.

 

Date

Title

Author

Journal

Year

2014/02/14 Multiple seismic reflectors in Earth's lowermost mantle [PDF] X. Shang; S.-H. Shim; M. de Hoop; R. van der Hilst PNAS 2014

2011/06/03

Evidence for a thick and localized ultra low shear velocity zone at the base of the mantle beneath the central Pacific [PDF]

A. To; Y. Fukao; S. Tsuboi

PEPI

2011

2011/06/03

Seismic detectability of anomalous structure at the top of the Earth's outer core with broadband array analysis of SmKS phases [PDF]

S. Tanaka

PEPI

2004

2011/06/03

The core-mantle boundary under the Gulf of Alaska: No ULVZ for shear waves [PDF]

J.C. Castle; R.D. van der Hilst

EPSL

2000

2011/05/27

Efficacy of the post-perovskite phase as an explanation for lowermost-mantle seismic properties [PDF]

J. Wookey; S. Stackhouse; J.-M. Kendall; J. Brodholt; G.D. Pricer

Nature

2005

2011/05/20

Ultra-Low Velocity Zones Near the Core-Mantle Boundary from Broadband PKP Precursors [PDF]

L. Wen; D.V. Helmberger

Science

1998

2011/05/20

Inferences on ultralow-velocity zone structure from a global analysis of SPdKS waves [PDF]

M.S. Thorne; E.J. Garnero

JGR

2004

2011/05/20

High resolution CMB imaging from migration of short-period core reflected phases [PDF]

S. Rost; C. Thomas

PEPI

2010

2011/05/09

Structural heterogeneity of an ultra-low velocity zone beneath the Philippine Islands: Implications for core-mantle chemical interactions induced by massive partial melting at the bottom of the mantle [PDF]

K. Idehara

PEPI

2011

2011/05/09

Seismostratigraphy and thermal structure of Earth's core-mantle boundary [PDF]

R.D. van der Hilst; M.V. de Hoop; P. Wang; S.-H. Shim; P. Ma; L. Tenorio

Science

2007

2011/05/09

Seismic Detection of Rigid Zones at the Top of the Core [PDF]

S. Rost; J. Revenaugh

Science

2001

2011/04/29

On the absence of an ultralow-velocity zone in the North Pacific [PDF]

S. Rost; E.J. Garnero; M.S. Thorne, A.R. Hutko

JGR

2010

2011/04/22

Mantle Anchor Structure: An argument for bottom up tectonics [PDF]

A.M. Dziewonski; V. Lekic; B.A. Romanowicz

EPSL

2010

2011/04/22

Seismological constraints on a possible plume root at the core-mantle boundary [PDF]

S. Rost; E.J. Garnero; Q. Williams; M. Manga

Nature

2005

2011/04/15

Structure and Dynamics of Earth's Lower Mantle [PDF]

E.J. Garnero; A.K. McNamara

Science

2008

2011/04/15

Iron-Rich Post-Perovskite and the Origin of Ultralow-Velocity Zones [PDF]

W. Mao et al.

Science

2006

2011/04/01

Detection of a ULVZ at the base of the mantle beneath the northwest Pacific [PDF]

Y. Yu; K.D. Koper

GRL

2009

2011/04/01

Thin and intermittent ultralow-velocity zones [PDF]

S. Rost; E.J. Garnero; W. Stefan

JGR

2010

2011/03/24

Large angle reflection from a dipping structure recorded as a PKIKP precursor: Evidence for a low velocity zone at the core-mantle boundary beneath the Gulf of Mexico [PDF]

E. Vanacore; F. Niu; Y. Ma

EPSL

2010

2011/03/24

ScP; a probe of ultralow velocity zones at the base of the mantle [PDF]

E.J. Garnero; J.E. Vidale

GRL

1999

2011/03/10

Seismic evidence that the source of the Iceland hotspot lies at the core-mantle boundary [PDF]

D.V. Helmberger; L. Wen; X. Ding

Nature

1998

2011/03/10

Evidence for partial melt at the core-mantle boundary north of Tonga from the strong scattering of seismic waves [PDF]

J.E. Vidale; M.A.H. Hedlin

Nature

1998

 

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