Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Seismic evidence for a 1000 km mantle discontinuity under the Pacific

  • Zhendong Zhang,
  • Jessica C. E. Irving,
  • Frederik J. Simons,
  • Tariq Alkhalifah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37067-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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This study uses reverse-time migration full-waveform seismic imaging to reveal a thinned transition zone and a 1000-km mid-mantle discontinuity under the Pacific near Hawaii which they link to the upper boundary of upwelling plume material.