The Changing Face of the Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere Boundary: Imaging Continental Scale Patterns in Upper Mantle Structure Across the Contiguous U.S. With Sp Converted Waves

Abstract Juxtaposed terranes of highly varied tectonic history make up the contiguous U.S.: the tectonically active western U.S., the largely quiescent Archean and Proterozoic cratons of the central U.S., and the Phanerozoic orogen and rifted margin of the eastern U.S. The transitions between these...

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Main Authors: Emily Hopper, Karen M. Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-08-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007476