Discovery of flat seismic reflections in the mantle beneath the young Juan de Fuca Plate

Yanfang Qin; Satish C. Singh; Ingo Grevemeyer; Milena Marjanović; W. Roger Buck

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17946-3

Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Discovery of flat seismic reflections in the mantle beneath the young Juan de Fuca Plate

Yanfang Qin,
Satish C. Singh,
Ingo Grevemeyer,
Milena Marjanović,
W. Roger Buck

Affiliations

Yanfang Qin: Institut de Physique de Globe de Paris
Satish C. Singh: Institut de Physique de Globe de Paris
Ingo Grevemeyer: GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Milena Marjanović: Institut de Physique de Globe de Paris
W. Roger Buck: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17946-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Applying seismic imaging methods on ocean bottom hydrophone data, the authors here describe a horizontal, flat lithosphere base plus lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath the young (0.51 to 2.67 Ma) Juan de Fuca plate.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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