@article {cabieces_upper-lithospheric_2022,
	title = {Upper-lithospheric structure of northeastern Venezuela from joint inversion of surface-wave dispersion and receiver functions},
	journal = {Solid Earth},
	volume = {13},
	number = {11},
	year = {2022},
	note = {Publisher: Copernicus GmbH},
	month = {11/2022},
	pages = {1781{\textendash}1801},
	abstract = {We use 1.5 years of continuous recordings from an amphibious seismic network deployment in the region of northeastern South America and the southeastern Caribbean to study the crustal and uppermost mantle structure through a joint inversion of surface-wave dispersion curves determined from ambient seismic noise and receiver functions. The availability of both ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs) and land stations makes this experiment ideal to determine the best processing methods to extract reliable empirical Green{\textquoteright}s functions (EGFs) and construct a 3D shear velocity model. Results show EGFs with high signal-to-noise ratio for land{\textendash}land, land{\textendash}OBS and OBS{\textendash}OBS paths from a variety of stacking methods. Using the EGF estimates, we measure phase and group velocity dispersion curves for Rayleigh and Love waves. We complement these observations with receiver functions, which allow us to perform an H-k analysis to obtain Moho depth estimates across the study area. The measured dispersion curves and receiver functions are used in a Bayesian joint inversion to retrieve a series of 1D shear-wave velocity models, which are then interpolated to build a 3D model of the region. Our results display clear contrasts in the oceanic region across the border of the San Sebastian{\textendash}El Pilar strike-slip fault system as well as a high-velocity region that corresponds well with the continental craton of southeastern Venezuela. We resolve known geological features in our new model, including the Espino Graben and the Guiana Shield provinces, and provide new information about their crustal structures. Furthermore, we image the difference in the crust beneath the Matur{\'\i}n and Gu{\'a}rico sub-basins.},
	issn = {1869-9510},
	doi = {10.5194/se-13-1781-2022},
	url = {https://se.copernicus.org/articles/13/1781/2022/},
	author = {Cabieces, Roberto and Arnaiz-Rodr{\'\i}guez, Mariano S. and Villase{\~n}or, Antonio and Berg, Elizabeth and Olivar-Casta{\~n}o, Andr{\'e}s and Ventosa, Sergi and Ferreira, Ana M. G.}
}
@article {113,
	title = {Body Wave Tomography of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and Juan de Fuca Plate System: Identifying Challenges and Solutions for Shore-Crossing Data},
	journal = {Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems},
	volume = {21},
	year = {2020},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {Recent seismic results from the Cascadia Initiative indicate that heterogeneity in the oceanic asthenosphere affects subduction dynamics. Accurate characterization of the oceanic upper mantle is thus necessary to fully understand subduction processes, including the behavioral segmentation of the megathrust. A key challenge is integrating onshore and offshore datasets, which span large variations in near-surface features that teleseismic body wave tomography is ill-posed to resolve. Here, we perform a series of P and S forward modeling predictions to better understand the relative contribution of elevation, crustal thickness, offshore sedimentation, and near-surface velocity structure to teleseismic delay times. Crustal thickness and elevation variations dominate the signal, contributing \~{}1 s of delay time difference for P-waves (roughly double for S). We test several inversion strategies to account for near-surface features, identifying potential artifacts and causes of imaging errors. Undamped station statics are found to absorb mantle structures and introduce low-velocity artifacts beneath the forearc. Our preferred inversion strategy utilizes a three-dimensional starting model (including elevation) of the upper 50 km and heavily damped station statics, which we find leads to better resolution of mantle structure, particularly at asthenospheric depths. These insights guide inversions of observed delay times from the Cascadia subduction zone and Juan de Fuca plate system. We present a new onshore-offshore S model and an updated P model. Major features are common to both models, including localized subslab low-velocity anomalies, along-strike variations in slab structure, and offshore heterogeneity, while regional differences may reflect changes in Vp/Vs.},
	doi = {10.1029/2020gc009316},
	url = {https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1132665170},
	author = {Bodmer, M. and Toomey, D. R. and VanderBeek, B. and Hooft, E. E. and Byrnes, J. S.}
}
@article {becel_evidence_2020,
	title = {Evidence for a Prolonged Continental Breakup Resulting From Slow Extension Rates at the Eastern North American Volcanic Rifted Margin},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {125},
	number = {9},
	year = {2020},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2020JB020093},
	pages = {e2020JB020093},
	abstract = {When continental rifting is accompanied by localized magmatism under extensional stress, the breakup duration can be short and the continent/ocean transition sharp, as mantle melts are thought to be efficient at heating and weakening the lithosphere. This mode of rifting has been invoked for the Eastern North American Margin (ENAM) based on the existing geophysical data. Here, we present results from multichannel seismic profiles from the ENAM Community Seismic Experiment offshore North Carolina, U.S. Our survey area encompasses both the East Coast Magnetic Anomaly (ECMA) and the Blake Spur Magnetic Anomaly (BSMA), which lies 200-km farther seaward. Our prestack depth-migrated seismic images reveal major changes in the structure of the igneous crust across the BSMA. Between the ECMA and BSMA, we image a proto-oceanic domain of rough, faulted, and thin igneous crust. The roughness of this oceanic crust is similar to modern ultraslow spreading environments which involve the continued presence of a pre-existing lithospheric lid. Seaward of the BSMA the basement is smooth, and the crust is relatively thick, which is typical for Jurassic oceanic crust. Across the BSMA, we image a step up in basement and crustal root, which we interpret to represent complete lithospheric breakup and a transition to steady-state seafloor spreading in agreement with coincident refraction results. Our results would also indicate low extension rates in the final stages of rifting that may have influenced the thermal structure of the lithosphere and could explain the delay for continental breakup. All of these observations show that although continental rifting between eastern North America and northwest Africa was assisted by magmatic activity, it did not lead to rapid localization of extensional strain as previously thought.},
	keywords = {Central Atlantic opening, continental breakup, continental margin, proto-oceanic crust, steady-state seafloor spreading, volcanic rifted margin},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1029/2020JB020093},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020JB020093},
	author = {B{\'e}cel, Anne and Davis, Joshua K. and Shuck, Brandon D. and Van Avendonk, Harm J. A. and Gibson, James C.}
}
@article {116,
	title = {Limited mantle hydration by bending faults at the Middle America Trench},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	year = {2020},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {Seismic anisotropy measurements show that upper mantle hydration at the Middle America Trench (MAT) is limited to serpentinization and/or water in fault zones, rather than distributed uniformly. Subduction of hydrated oceanic lithosphere recycles water back into the deep mantle, drives arc volcanism, and affects seismicity at subduction zones. Constraining the extent of upper mantle hydration is an important part of understanding many fundamental processes on Earth. Substantially reduced seismic velocities in tomography suggest that outer rise plate-bending faults provide a pathway for seawater to rehydrate the slab mantle just prior to subduction. Estimates of outer-rise hydration based on tomograms vary significantly, with some large enough to imply that, globally, subduction has consumed more than two oceans worth of water during the Phanerozoic. We found that, while the mean upper mantle wavespeed is reduced at the MAT outer rise, the amplitude and orientation of inherited anisotropy are preserved at depths >1 km below the Moho. At shallower depths, relict anisotropy is replaced by slowing in the fault-normal direction. These observations are incompatible with pervasive hydration but consistent with models of wave propagation through serpentinized fault zones that thin to <100-m in width at depths >1 km below Moho. Confining hydration to fault zones reduces water storage estimates for the MAT upper mantle from \~{}3.5 wt\% to <0.9 wt\% H20. Since the intermediate thermal structure in the \~{}24 Myr-old MAT slab favors serpentinization, limited hydration suggests that fault mechanics are the limiting factor, not temperatures. Subducting mantle may be similarly dry globally. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Upper mantle anisotropy indicates that hydration by fluid flow along bending faults is limited to fault zones that thin with depthConfining hydration to fault zones reduces estimates of water storage by an order of magnitudeA dry, intermediate-age slab mantle suggests that hydration may be globally limited by fault dynamics, rather than temperature Upper mantle anisotropy indicates that hydration by fluid flow along bending faults is limited to fault zones that thin with depth Confining hydration to fault zones reduces estimates of water storage by an order of magnitude A dry, intermediate-age slab mantle suggests that hydration may be globally limited by fault dynamics, rather than temperature.},
	doi = {10.1029/2020jb020982},
	url = {https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1133689698},
	author = {Miller, Nathaniel C. and Lizarralde, Daniel and Collins, John A. and Holbrook, W. Steven and Van Avendonk, H.}
}
@article {miller_limited_2020,
	title = {Limited mantle hydration by bending faults at the Middle America Trench},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	year = {2020},
	note = {Type: Journal Article},
	month = {12/2020},
	abstract = {Seismic anisotropy measurements show that upper mantle hydration at the Middle America Trench (MAT) is limited to serpentinization and/or water in fault zones, rather than distributed uniformly. Subduction of hydrated oceanic lithosphere recycles water back into the deep mantle, drives arc volcanism, and affects seismicity at subduction zones. Constraining the extent of upper mantle hydration is an important part of understanding many fundamental processes on Earth. Substantially reduced seismic velocities in tomography suggest that outer rise plate-bending faults provide a pathway for seawater to rehydrate the slab mantle just prior to subduction. Estimates of outer-rise hydration based on tomograms vary significantly, with some large enough to imply that, globally, subduction has consumed more than two oceans worth of water during the Phanerozoic. We found that, while the mean upper mantle wavespeed is reduced at the MAT outer rise, the amplitude and orientation of inherited anisotropy are preserved at depths >1 km below the Moho. At shallower depths, relict anisotropy is replaced by slowing in the fault-normal direction. These observations are incompatible with pervasive hydration but consistent with models of wave propagation through serpentinized fault zones that thin to <100-m in width at depths >1 km below Moho. Confining hydration to fault zones reduces water storage estimates for the MAT upper mantle from \~{}3.5 wt\% to <0.9 wt\% H20. Since the intermediate thermal structure in the \~{}24 Myr-old MAT slab favors serpentinization, limited hydration suggests that fault mechanics are the limiting factor, not temperatures. Subducting mantle may be similarly dry globally. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Upper mantle anisotropy indicates that hydration by fluid flow along bending faults is limited to fault zones that thin with depthConfining hydration to fault zones reduces estimates of water storage by an order of magnitudeA dry, intermediate-age slab mantle suggests that hydration may be globally limited by fault dynamics, rather than temperature Upper mantle anisotropy indicates that hydration by fluid flow along bending faults is limited to fault zones that thin with depth Confining hydration to fault zones reduces estimates of water storage by an order of magnitude A dry, intermediate-age slab mantle suggests that hydration may be globally limited by fault dynamics, rather than temperature.},
	keywords = {outer-rise hydration, upper mantle anisotropy, upper mantle hydration},
	doi = {10.1029/2020jb020982},
	url = {https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1133689698},
	author = {Miller, Nathaniel C. and Lizarralde, Daniel and Collins, John A. and Holbrook, W. Steven and Van Avendonk, H.}
}
@article {lynner_eastern_2019,
	title = {The Eastern North American Margin Community Seismic Experiment: An Amphibious Active- and Passive-Source Dataset},
	journal = {Seismological Research Letters},
	volume = {91},
	number = {1},
	year = {2019},
	month = {10/2019},
	pages = {533{\textendash}540},
	abstract = {The eastern North American margin community seismic experiment (ENAM-CSE) was conceived to target the ENAM Geodynamic Processes at Rifting and Subducting Margins (GeoPRISMS) primary site with a suite of both active- and passive-source seismic data that would shed light on the processes associated with rift initiation and evolution. To fully understand the ENAM, it was necessary to acquire a seismic dataset that was both amphibious, spanning the passive margin from the continental interior onto the oceanic portion of the North American plate, and multiresolution, enabling imaging of the sediments, crust, and mantle lithosphere. The ENAM-CSE datasets were collected on- and offshore of North Carolina and Virginia over a series of cruises and land-based deployments between April 2014 and June 2015. The passive-source component of the ENAM-CSE included 30 broadband ocean-bottom seismometers (OBSs) and 3 onshore broadband instruments. The broadband stations were deployed contemporaneously with those of the easternmost EarthScope Transportable Array creating a trans-margin amphibious seismic dataset. The active-source portion of the ENAM-CSE included several components: (1)~two onshore wide-angle seismic profiles where explosive shots were recorded on closely spaced geophones; (2)~four major offshore wide-angle seismic profiles acquired with an airgun source and short-period OBSs (SPOBSs), two of which were extended onland by deployments of short-period seismometers; (3)~marine multichannel seismic (MCS) data acquired along the four lines of SPOBSs and a series of other profiles along and across the margin. During the cruises, magnetic, gravity, and bathymetric data were also collected along all MCS profiles. All of the ENAM-CSE products were made publicly available shortly after acquisition, ensuring unfettered community access to this unique dataset.},
	issn = {0895-0695},
	doi = {10.1785/0220190142},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190142},
	author = {Lynner, Colton and J. A. Van Avendonk, Harm and B{\'e}cel, Anne and Christeson, Gail L. and Dugan, Brandon and Gaherty, James B. and Harder, Steven and Hornbach, Matthew J. and Lizarralde, Daniel and Long, Maureen D. and Magnani, M. Beatrice and Shillington, Donna J. and Aderhold, Kasey and Eilon, Zachary C. and Wagner, Lara S.}
}
@article {vanderbeek_pn_2019,
	title = {Pn Tomography of the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Plates: Implications for Mantle Deformation and Hydration in the Oceanic Lithosphere},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {124},
	number = {8},
	year = {2019},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2019JB017707},
	pages = {8565{\textendash}8583},
	abstract = {Tomographic analysis of Pn arrivals{\textemdash}the guided P wave propagating within the lithospheric mantle{\textemdash}is ideal for studying uppermost mantle structure. While plate-scale seismic images of Pn velocities are common beneath the continents, similar scale studies have not been possible within ocean basins due to the sparse distribution of seismic stations. The Cascadia Initiative (CI) data set provides the first opportunity to image spatial variations in lithospheric structure from accretion to subduction across an entire oceanic plate. We invert Pn travel times from local earthquakes for 3-D variations in isotropic and anisotropic P wave velocity and event hypocentral parameters. Despite surficial evidence of extensive faulting, we find that the velocity structure of the Gorda uppermost mantle is remarkably consistent with predictions from a conductive cooling model. Limited brittle deformation at mantle depths is supported by seismic anisotropy measurements, which show the fast direction of P wave propagation rotates in concert with the magnetic anomaly lineations. This rotation may be explained by local plate kinematics without internal deformation and hydration of the shallow mantle. In contrast to Gorda, the seismic velocity structure of the Juan de Fuca (JdF) plate does not exhibit a clear age dependence. Anomalously slow mantle velocities are found along the southern edge of the JdF plate and are spatially associated with the termini of pseudofaults. We attribute these velocity reductions to mantle alteration by seawater. Our results highlight the heterogeneous nature of the oceanic mantle lithosphere and show that patterns of mantle alteration are not readily discerned from surficial indicators of seafloor deformation.},
	keywords = {Cascadia, mantle hydration, oceanic lithosphere, offshore seismicity, Pn tomography, seismic anisotropy},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1029/2019JB017707},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019JB017707},
	author = {VanderBeek, Brandon P. and Toomey, Douglas R.}
}
@article {shuck_role_2019,
	title = {The role of mantle melts in the transition from rifting to seafloor spreading offshore eastern North America},
	journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
	volume = {525},
	year = {2019},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {115756},
	abstract = {The Eastern North American Margin (ENAM) formed in the early Jurassic (\~{}195 Ma) with the breakup of supercontinent Pangea. This rifting event was accompanied by volcanism along the continental shelf of the eastern United States, giving rise to the East Coast Magnetic Anomaly (ECMA). Numerical models show that magmatic diking can assist rifting by reducing the effective stress required to rupture the lithosphere. Therefore, magma-rich rifts can develop a rapid transition from continental breakup to seafloor spreading. Alternatively, the onset of seafloor spreading may be accompanied by a long period of persistent thermal weakening and erosion of the lithosphere. In this paper we present analyses of active-source wide-angle seismic data collected during the 2014 ENAM Community Seismic Experiment in an area that extends farther offshore than previous seismic surveys along the eastern U.S. Seaward of the ECMA lies a zone of thin oceanic crust with high compressional seismic velocity (up to 7.5 km/s in the lower crust), whereas thicker normal oceanic crust lies \~{}200 km farther offshore along another prominent magnetic anomaly, the Blake Spur Magnetic Anomaly (BSMA). We reconcile our seismic images with a petrologic model to evaluate the mantle melting conditions during the late stages of continental breakup and early seafloor spreading in the Central Atlantic. We propose that the zone of thin crust between the ECMA and BSMA with high seismic velocity is best explained by the presence of a \~{}15{\textendash}20 km thick lithospheric lid at the time of early seafloor spreading, which prevented melting in the shallow mantle. Our analysis suggests that the volcanism that produced the nearshore ECMA did not lead to complete lithospheric breakup of the conjugate North American and African margins. Normal seafloor spreading began at the BSMA under a moderately high mantle potential temperature of \~{}1395{\textendash}1420{\textdegree}C, \~{}25 million years after the initial formation of the volcanic margin. These results imply that stretching, thermal weakening, and rupture of the lithosphere may take millions of years, even in the presence of mantle melts.},
	keywords = {continent-ocean transition, continental rifting, eastern North American margin, mantle melting, oceanic crust, seismic tomography},
	issn = {0012-821X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115756},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X19304480},
	author = {Shuck, Brandon D. and Van Avendonk, Harm J. A. and B{\'e}cel, Anne}
}
@article {Stone2018,
	title = {Catalog of Offshore Seismicity in Cascadia: Insights Into the Regional Distribution of Microseismicity and its Relation to Subduction Processes},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {123},
	number = {1},
	year = {2018},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {641{\textendash}652},
	issn = {21699313},
	doi = {10.1002/2017JB014966},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2017JB014966},
	author = {Stone, Ian and Vidale, John E. and Han, Shuoshuo and Roland, Emily}
}
@article {Arnoux2017,
	title = {Seismic evidence that black smoker heat flux is influenced by localized magma replenishment and associated increases in crustal permeability},
	journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
	volume = {44},
	number = {4},
	year = {2017},
	month = {feb},
	pages = {1687{\textendash}1695},
	issn = {00948276},
	doi = {10.1002/2016GL071990},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2016GL071990},
	author = {Arnoux, Gillean M. and Toomey, Douglas R. and Hooft, Emilie E. E. and Wilcock, William S. D. and Morgan, Joanna and Warner, Mike and VanderBeek, Brandon P.}
}
@article {VanderBeek2017,
	title = {Shallow Mantle Anisotropy Beneath the Juan de Fuca Plate},
	journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
	volume = {44},
	number = {22},
	year = {2017},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {11,382{\textendash}11,389},
	issn = {0094-8276},
	doi = {10.1002/2017GL074769},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2017GL074769},
	author = {VanderBeek, Brandon P. and Toomey, Douglas R.}
}
@article {Wei2017,
	title = {Slab temperature controls on the Tonga double seismic zone and slab mantle dehydration},
	journal = {Science Advances},
	volume = {3},
	number = {1},
	year = {2017},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {e1601755},
	issn = {2375-2548},
	doi = {10.1126/sciadv.1601755},
	url = {https://advances.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1601755},
	author = {Wei, S. Shawn and Wiens, Douglas A. and van Keken, Peter E. and Cai, Chen}
}
@article {Horning2016,
	title = {A 2-D tomographic model of the Juan de Fuca plate from accretion at axial seamount to subduction at the Cascadia margin from an active source ocean bottom seismometer survey},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {121},
	number = {8},
	year = {2016},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {5859{\textendash}5879},
	issn = {21699313},
	doi = {10.1002/2016JB013228},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2016JB013228},
	author = {Horning, G. and Canales, J. P. and Carbotte, S. M. and Han, S. and Carton, H. and Nedimovi{\'c}, M. R. and van Keken, P. E.}
}
@article {st_clair_along-strike_2016,
	title = {Along-strike structure of the Costa Rican convergent margin from seismic a refraction/reflection survey: Evidence for underplating beneath the inner forearc},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {17},
	number = {2},
	year = {2016},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2015GC006029},
	month = {02/2016},
	pages = {501{\textendash}520},
	abstract = {The convergent margin offshore Costa Rica shows evidence of subsidence due to subduction erosion along the outer forearc and relatively high rates of uplift (\~{}3{\textendash}6 mm/yr) along the coast. Recently erupted arc lavas exhibit a low 10Be signal, suggesting that although nearly the entire package of incoming sediments enters the subduction zone, very little of that material is carried directly with the downgoing Cocos plate to the magma generating depths of the mantle wedge. One mechanism that would explain both the low 10Be and the coastal uplift is the underplating of sediments, tectonically eroded material, and seamounts beneath the inner forearc. We present results of a 320 km long, trench-parallel seismic reflection and refraction study of the Costa Rican forearc. The primary observations are (1) margin perpendicular faulting of the basement, (2) thickening of the Cocos plate to the northwest, and (3) two weak bands of reflections in the multichannel seismic (MCS) reflection image with travel times similar to the top of the subducting Cocos plate. The modeled depths to these reflections are consistent with an \~{}40 km long, 1{\textendash}3 km thick region of underplated material \~{}15 km beneath some of the highest observed coastal uplift rates in Costa Rica.},
	keywords = {convergent margin, Costa Rica, subduction zone processes},
	issn = {1525-2027},
	doi = {10.1002/2015GC006029},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2015GC006029},
	author = {St. Clair, J. and Holbrook, W. S. and Van Avendonk, H. J. A. and Lizarralde, D.}
}
@article {Morgan2016,
	title = {Next-generation seismic experiments {\textendash} II: wide-angle, multi-azimuth, 3-D, full-waveform inversion of sparse field data},
	journal = {Geophysical Journal International},
	volume = {204},
	number = {2},
	year = {2016},
	month = {feb},
	pages = {1342{\textendash}1363},
	issn = {0956-540X},
	doi = {10.1093/gji/ggv513},
	url = {https://academic.oup.com/gji/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/gji/ggv513},
	author = {Morgan, Joanna and Warner, Michael and Arnoux, Gillean and Hooft, Emilie and Toomey, Douglas and VanderBeek, Brandon and Wilcock, William}
}
@article {VanderBeek2016,
	title = {Segmentation of mid-ocean ridges attributed to oblique mantle divergence},
	journal = {Nature Geoscience},
	volume = {9},
	number = {8},
	year = {2016},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {636{\textendash}642},
	issn = {1752-0894},
	doi = {10.1038/ngeo2745},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2745},
	author = {VanderBeek, Brandon P. and Toomey, Douglas R. and Hooft, Emilie E. E. and Wilcock, William S. D.}
}
@article {Eakin2015,
	title = {New geophysical constraints on a failed subduction initiation: The structure and potential evolution of the Gagua Ridge and Huatung Basin},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {16},
	number = {2},
	year = {2015},
	month = {feb},
	pages = {380{\textendash}400},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1002/2014GC005548},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2014GC005548},
	author = {Eakin, Daniel H. and McIntosh, Kirk D. and Van Avendonk, H. J. A. and Lavier, Luc}
}
@article {vidalesbasurto_attenuation_2014,
	title = {An Attenuation Study of Body Waves in the South-Central Region of the Gulf of California, M{\'e}xico},
	journal = {Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America},
	volume = {104},
	number = {4},
	year = {2014},
	month = {jul},
	pages = {2027{\textendash}2042},
	abstract = {{We studied the seismic attenuation of body waves in the south-central region of the Gulf of California (GoC) with records from the Network of Autonomously Recording Seismographs of Baja California (NARS-Baja), from the Centro de Investigaci{\'o}n Cient{\'\i}fica y de Educaci{\'o}n Superior de Ensenada{\textquoteright}s Broadband Seismological Network of the GoC (RESBAN), and from the ocean-bottom seismographs (OBS) deployed as part of the Sea of Cortez Ocean Bottom Array experiment (SCOOBA). We examine 27 well-located earthquakes reported in Sumy et~al. (2013) that occurred from October 2005 to October 2006 with magnitudes (Mw) between 3.5 and 4.8. We estimated S-wave site effects by calculating horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios and determined attenuation functions with a nonparametric model by inverting the observed spectral amplitudes of 21 frequencies between 0.13 and 12.59~Hz for the SCOOBA (OBS) stations and 19 frequencies between 0.16 and 7.94~Hz for NARS-Baja and RESBAN stations. We calculated the geometrical spreading and the attenuation (1/Q) factors for two distance intervals (10{\textendash}120 and 120{\textendash}220~km, respectively) for each frequency considered. The estimates of Q obtained with the SCOOBA (OBS) records for the interval 10{\textendash}120~km indicate that the P waves attenuate more than S waves (QP=34{\textpm}1.2f 0.82{\textpm}0.10},
	issn = {0037-1106},
	doi = {10.1785/0120140015},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1785/0120140015},
	author = {Vidales-Basurto, Claudia A. and Castro, Ra{\'u}l R. and Huerta, Carlos I. and Sumy, Danielle F. and Gaherty, James B. and Collins, John A.}
}
@article {gouedard_correction_2014,
	title = {Correction of Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Instrumental Clock Errors Using Ambient Seismic Noise},
	journal = {Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America},
	volume = {104},
	number = {3},
	year = {2014},
	month = {apr},
	pages = {1276{\textendash}1288},
	abstract = {Very accurate timing of seismic recordings is critical for modern processing techniques. Clock synchronization among the instruments constituting an array is, however, difficult without direct communication between them. Synchronization to Global Positioning System (GPS) time is one option for on-land deployments, but not for underwater surveys as electromagnetic signals do not propagate efficiently in water. If clock drift is linear, time corrections for ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) deployments can be estimated through GPS synchronization before and after the deployment, but this is not sufficient for many applications as the nonlinear component of the drift can reach tens to hundreds of milliseconds for long-duration experiments. We present two techniques to retrieve timing differences between simultaneous recordings at ocean-bottom instruments after deployment has ended. Both techniques are based on the analysis of the cross correlation of ambient seismic noise and are effective even if clock drift is nonlinear. The first, called time symmetry analysis, is easy to apply but requires a proper illumination so that the noise cross-correlation functions are symmetric in time. The second is based on the doublet analysis method and does not have this restriction. Advantages and drawbacks of both approaches are discussed. Application to two OBS data sets shows that both can achieve synchronization of recordings down to about five milliseconds (a few percent of the main period used).},
	issn = {0037-1106},
	doi = {10.1785/0120130157},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1785/0120130157},
	author = {Gou{\'e}dard, Pierre and Seher, Tim and McGuire, Jeffrey J. and Collins, John A. and van der Hilst, Robert D.}
}
@article {eakin_crustal-scale_2014,
	title = {Crustal-scale seismic profiles across the Manila subduction zone: The transition from intraoceanic subduction to incipient collision},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {119},
	number = {1},
	year = {2014},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2013JB010395},
	pages = {1{\textendash}17},
	abstract = {AbstractWe use offshore multichannel seismic (MCS) reflection and wide-angle seismic data sets to model the velocity structure of the incipient arc-continent collision along two trench perpendicular transects in the Bashi Strait between Taiwan and Luzon. This area represents a transition from a tectonic regime dominated by subduction of oceanic crust of the South China Sea, west of the Philippines, to one dominated by subduction and eventual collision of rifted Chinese continental crust with the Luzon volcanic arc culminating in the Taiwan orogeny. The new seismic velocity models show evidence for extended to hyperextended continental crust, 10{\textendash}15 km thick, subducting along the Manila trench at 20.5{\textdegree}N along transect T1, as well as evidence indicating that this thinned continental crust is being structurally underplated to the accretionary prism at 21.5{\textdegree}N along transect T2, but not along T1 to the south. Coincident MCS reflection imaging shows highly stretched and faulted crust west of the trench along both transects and what appears to be a midcrustal detachment along transect T2, a potential zone of weakness that may be exploited by accretionary processes during subduction. An additional seismic reflection transect south of T1 shows subduction of normal ocean crust at the Manila trench.},
	keywords = {accretion, collision, rifted margin, subduction, Taiwan},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1002/2013JB010395},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2013JB010395},
	author = {Eakin, Daniel H. and McIntosh, Kirk D. and Van Avendonk, H. J. A. and Lavier, Luc and Lester, Ryan and Liu, Char-Shine and Lee, Chao-Shing}
}
@article {van_avendonk_deep_2014,
	title = {Deep crustal structure of an arc-continent collision: Constraints from seismic traveltimes in central Taiwan and the Philippine Sea},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {119},
	number = {11},
	year = {2014},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2014JB011327},
	pages = {8397{\textendash}8416},
	abstract = {The collision of continental crust of the Eurasian Plate with the overriding Luzon Arc in central Taiwan has led to compression, uplift, and exhumation of rocks that were originally part of the Chinese rifted margin. Though the kinematics of the fold-thrust belt on the west side of the orogen has been described in detail, the style of deformation in the lower crust beneath Taiwan is still not well understood. In addition, the fate of the Luzon Arc and Forearc in the collision is also not clear. Compressional wave arrival times from active-source and earthquake seismic data from the Taiwan Integrated Geodynamic Research program constrain the seismic velocity structure of the lithosphere along transect T5, an east-west corridor in central Taiwan. The results of our analysis indicate that the continental crust of the Eurasian margin forms a broad crustal root beneath central Taiwan, possibly with a thickness of 55 km. Compressional seismic velocities beneath the Central Range of Taiwan are as low as 5.5 km/s at 25 km depth, whereas P wave seismic velocities in the middle crust on the eastern flank of the Taiwan mountain belt average 6.5{\textendash}7.0 km/s. This suggests that the incoming sediments and upper crust of the Eurasian Plate are buried to midcrustal depth in the western flank of the orogen before they are exhumed in the Central Range. To the east, the Luzon Arc and Forearc are deformed beneath the Coastal Range of central Taiwan. Fragments of the rifted margin of the South China Sea that were accreted in the early stages of the collision form a new backstop that controls the exhumation of Eurasian strata to the west in this evolving mountain belt.},
	keywords = {arc-continent collision, earthquakes, Philippine Sea Plate, seismic refraction, Taiwan, tomography},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1002/2014JB011327},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2014JB011327},
	author = {Van Avendonk, H. J. A. and Kuo-Chen, H. and McIntosh, K. D. and Lavier, L. L. and Okaya, D. A. and Wu, F. T. and Wang, C. Y. and Lee, C. S. and Liu, C. S.}
}
@article {froment_imaging_2014,
	title = {Imaging along-strike variations in mechanical properties of the Gofar transform fault, East Pacific Rise},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {119},
	number = {9},
	year = {2014},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2014JB011270},
	pages = {7175{\textendash}7194},
	abstract = {AbstractA large part of global plate motion on mid-ocean ridge transform faults (RTFs) is not accommodated as major earthquakes. When large earthquakes do occur, they often repeat quasiperiodically. We focus here on the high slip rate (\~{}14 cm/yr) Gofar transform fault on the equatorial East Pacific Rise. This fault is subdivided into patches that slip during Mw 5.5{\textendash}6 earthquakes every 5 to 6 years. These patches are separated by rupture barriers that accommodate slip through swarms of smaller events and/or aseismic creep. We performed an imaging study to investigate which spatiotemporal variations of the fault zone properties control this segmentation in mechanical behavior and could explain the specific behavior of RTFs at the global scale. We adopt a double-difference approach in a joint inversion of active air gun shots and microseismicity recorded for 1 year. This data set includes the 2008 Mw 6 Gofar earthquake. The along-strike P wave velocity structure reveals an abrupt transition between the barrier area, characterized by a damaged fault zone of 10{\textendash}20\% reduced Vp and a nearly intact fault zone in the asperity area. The importance of the strength of the damage zone on the mechanical behavior is supported by the temporal S wave velocity changes which suggest increased damage within the barrier area, during the week preceding the Mw 6 earthquake. Our results support the conclusion that extended highly damaged zones are the key factor in limiting the role of major earthquakes to accommodate plate motion along RTFs.},
	keywords = {double-difference tomography, fault zone, imaging, mid-ocean ridge transform fault},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1002/2014JB011270},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2014JB011270},
	author = {Froment, B. and McGuire, J. J. and van der Hilst, R. D. and Gou{\'e}dard, P. and Roland, E. C. and Zhang, H. and Collins, J. A.}
}
@article {mcintosh_inversion_2013,
	title = {Inversion of a hyper-extended rifted margin in the southern Central Range of Taiwan},
	journal = {Geology},
	volume = {41},
	number = {8},
	year = {2013},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {871{\textendash}874},
	abstract = {Seismic reflection and wide-angle data acquired across, south, and west of Taiwan show that extended to hyper-extended continental crust of the Chinese continental margin is present more than 200 km south of the shelf and is subducting at the Manila Trench. Furthermore, crustal-scale tomographic velocity models show that this crust is underthrusted to \~{}15 km depth below the accretionary prism, where it then is structurally underplated to the base of the prism. We document an increasing volume of accreted crust from south to north, and in our northern transect high-velocity material of the accretionary prism can be directly linked to outcrops of Central Range basement rocks. In map view the Central Range of Taiwan is clearly contiguous with the Hengchun Peninsula and Hengchun submarine ridge to the south. Accordingly, we propose a new model in which the Central Range forms directly from the accretionary prism, including the basement core, which originates from subducted, and then accreted, extended to hyper-extended continental crust.},
	issn = {0091-7613},
	doi = {10.1130/G34402.1},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1130/G34402.1},
	author = {McIntosh, Kirk and van Avendonk, Harm and Lavier, Luc and Lester, W. Ryan and Eakin, Daniel and Wu, Francis and Liu, Char-Shine and Lee, Chao-Shing}
}
@article {worcester_north_2013,
	title = {The North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory deep-water acoustic propagation experiments in the Philippine Sea},
	journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America},
	volume = {134},
	number = {4},
	year = {2013},
	note = {Publisher: Acoustical Society of America},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {3359{\textendash}3375},
	abstract = {A series of experiments conducted in the Philippine Sea during 2009{\textendash}2011 investigated deep-water acoustic propagation and ambient noise in this oceanographically and geologically complex region: (i) the 2009 North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (NPAL) Pilot Study/Engineering Test, (ii) the 2010{\textendash}2011 NPAL Philippine Sea Experiment, and (iii) the Ocean Bottom Seismometer Augmentation of the 2010{\textendash}2011 NPAL Philippine Sea Experiment. The experimental goals included (a) understanding the impacts of fronts, eddies, and internal tides on acoustic propagation, (b) determining whether acoustic methods, together with other measurements and ocean modeling, can yield estimates of the time-evolving ocean state useful for making improved acoustic predictions, (c) improving our understanding of the physics of scattering by internal waves and spice, (d) characterizing the depth dependence and temporal variability of ambient noise, and (e) understanding the relationship between the acoustic field in the water column and the seismic field in the seafloor. In these experiments, moored and ship-suspended low-frequency acoustic sources transmitted to a newly developed distributed vertical line array receiver capable of spanning the water column in the deep ocean. The acoustic transmissions and ambient noise were also recorded by a towed hydrophone array, by acoustic Seagliders, and by ocean bottom seismometers.},
	issn = {0001-4966},
	doi = {10.1121/1.4818887},
	url = {https://asa.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1121/1.4818887},
	author = {Worcester, Peter F. and Dzieciuch, Matthew A. and Mercer, James A. and Andrew, Rex K. and Dushaw, Brian D. and Baggeroer, Arthur B. and Heaney, Kevin D. and D{\textquoteright}Spain, Gerald L. and Colosi, John A. and Stephen, Ralph A. and Kemp, John N. and Howe, Bruce M. and Van Uffelen, Lora J. and Wage, Kathleen E.}
}
@article {mcguire_variations_2012,
	title = {Variations in earthquake rupture properties along the Gofar transform fault, East Pacific Rise},
	journal = {Nature Geoscience},
	volume = {5},
	number = {5},
	year = {2012},
	note = {Number: 5 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group},
	month = {may},
	pages = {336{\textendash}341},
	abstract = {Mid-ocean ridge transform faults experience more foreshocks than continental faults, yet the mainshock rarely ruptures the entire fault. Analysis of seismic data from the Gofar transform fault at the East Pacific Rise indicates that the foreshock region has different material properties from the mainshock region, and acts as a barrier to rupture propagation.},
	keywords = {seismology},
	issn = {1752-0908},
	doi = {10.1038/ngeo1454},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo1454},
	author = {McGuire, Jeffrey J. and Collins, John A. and Gou{\'e}dard, Pierre and Roland, Emily and Lizarralde, Dan and Boettcher, Margaret S. and Behn, Mark D. and van der Hilst, Robert D.}
}
@article {anchieta_seismicity_2011,
	title = {Seismicity around the Hawaiian Islands Recorded by the PLUME Seismometer Networks: Insight into Faulting near Maui, Molokai, and Oahu},
	journal = {Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America},
	volume = {101},
	number = {4},
	year = {2011},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {1742{\textendash}1758},
	abstract = {Instrumental limitations have long prevented the detailed characterization of offshore earthquakes around the Hawaiian Islands, and little is known about the spatial distribution of earthquakes in regions outside the vicinity of the well-monitored island of Hawaii. Here, we analyze data from the deployment of two successive networks of ocean-bottom seismometers (OBSs) as part of the Plume-Lithosphere Undersea Melt Experiment (PLUME) to better determine seismicity patterns along the Hawaiian Islands and their offshore regions. We find that earthquake detection rates are improved when seismograms are high-pass filtered above \~{}5 Hz to reduce the background seismic noise. Hypocentral solutions have been determined for 1147 previously undetected microearthquakes, and an additional 2880 events correspond to earthquakes already in the catalog of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). The spatial patterns of earthquakes identified solely on the PLUME network provide complementary information to patterns identified by the HVO network. A diffuse pattern of seismicity is found to the southeast of the island of Hawaii, and clusters of earthquakes are located west of the island. Many microearthquakes are observed in the vicinity of Maui and Molokai, including some located at mantle depths. A small number of microearthquakes are found to occur near Oahu. There is no evidence from our analyses that the Molokai fracture zone (MFZ) is seismically active at this time, and no evidence was found of a previously hypothesized Diamond Head fault (DHF) near Oahu. However, on the basis of both the PLUME and HVO locations, there is a northeast{\textendash}southwest{\textendash}trending swath of epicenters extending northeastward of Oahu that may indicate the locus of moderate-sized historic earthquakes attributed to the Oahu region.},
	issn = {0037-1106},
	doi = {10.1785/0120100271},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1785/0120100271},
	author = {Anchieta, Maria C. and Wolfe, Cecily J. and Pavlis, Gary L. and Vernon, Frank L. and Eakins, Jennifer A. and Solomon, Sean C. and Laske, Gabi and Collins, John A.}
}
@article {van_avendonk_structure_2011,
	title = {Structure and serpentinization of the subducting Cocos plate offshore Nicaragua and Costa Rica},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {12},
	number = {6},
	year = {2011},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2011GC003592},
	abstract = {The Cocos plate experiences extensional faulting as it bends into the Middle American Trench (MAT) west of Nicaragua, which may lead to hydration of the subducting mantle. To estimate the along strike variations of volatile input from the Cocos plate into the subduction zone, we gathered marine seismic refraction data with the R/V Marcus Langseth along a 396 km long trench parallel transect offshore of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Our inversion of crustal and mantle seismic phases shows two notable features in the deep structure of the Cocos plate: (1) Normal oceanic crust of 6 km thickness from the East Pacific Rise (EPR) lies offshore Nicaragua, but offshore central Costa Rica we find oceanic crust from the northern flank of the Cocos Nazca (CN) spreading center with more complex seismic velocity structure and a thickness of 10 km. We attribute the unusual seismic structure offshore Costa Rica to the midplate volcanism in the vicinity of the Gal{\'a}pagos hot spot. (2) A decrease in Cocos plate mantle seismic velocities from \~{}7.9 km/s offshore Nicoya Peninsula to \~{}6.9 km/s offshore central Nicaragua correlates well with the northward increase in the degree of crustal faulting outboard of the MAT. The negative seismic velocity anomaly reaches a depth of \~{}12 km beneath the Moho offshore Nicaragua, which suggests that larger amounts of water are stored deep in the subducting mantle lithosphere than previously thought. If most of the mantle low velocity zone can be interpreted as serpentinization, the amount of water stored in the Cocos plate offshore central Nicaragua may be about 2.5 times larger than offshore Nicoya Peninsula. Hydration of oceanic lithosphere at deep sea trenches may be the most important mechanism for the transfer of aqueous fluids to volcanic arcs and the deeper mantle.},
	keywords = {Central America, Cocos Plate, Gal{\'a}pagos hot spot, plate bending and faulting, seismic velocities, subduction},
	issn = {1525-2027},
	doi = {10.1029/2011GC003592},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2011GC003592},
	author = {Van Avendonk, H. J. A. and Holbrook, W. S. and Lizarralde, D. and Denyer, P.}
}
@article {yao_structure_2011,
	title = {Structure of young East Pacific Rise lithosphere from ambient noise correlation analysis of fundamental- and higher-mode Scholte-Rayleigh waves},
	journal = {Nouveaux d{\'e}veloppements de l{\textquoteright}imagerie et du suivi temporel {\`a} partir du bruit sismique},
	volume = {343},
	number = {8},
	year = {2011},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {571{\textendash}583},
	abstract = {Inter-station Green{\textquoteright}s functions estimated from ambient noise studies have been widely used to investigate crustal structure. However, most studies are restricted to continental areas and use fundamental-mode surface waves only. In this study, we recover inter-station surface (Scholte-Rayleigh) wave empirical Green{\textquoteright}s function (EGFs) of both the fundamental- and the first-higher mode using one year of continuous seismic noise records on the vertical component from 28 ocean bottom seismographs deployed in the Quebrada/Discovery/Gofar transform faults region on the East Pacific Rise. The average phase-velocity dispersion of the fundamental mode (period band 2{\textendash}30s) and the first-higher mode (period band 3{\textendash}7s) from all EGFs are used to invert for the 1-D average, shear-velocity structure in the crust and uppermost mantle using a model-space search algorithm. The preferred shear-velocity models reveal low velocities (4.29km/s) between Moho and 25km depth below sea-surface, suggesting the absence of a fast uppermost mantle lid in this young (0{\textendash}2Myr) oceanic region. An even more pronounced low-velocity zone, with shear velocities \~{}3.85km/s, appears at a depth between 25{\textendash}40km below sea-surface. Along with previous results, our study indicates that the shear velocity in the uppermost oceanic mantle increases with increasing seafloor age, consistent with age-related lithospheric cooling. R{\'e}sum{\'e} Les fonctions de Green estim{\'e}es {\`a} partir de l{\textquoteright}analyse du bruit ambiant ont beaucoup {\'e}t{\'e} utilis{\'e}es pour {\'e}tudier la structure de la cro{\^u}te terrestre. La plupart de ces travaux sont toutefois limit{\'e}s aux zones continentales, et ne consid{\`e}rent que le mode fondamental des ondes de surface. Dans cette {\'e}tude, les fonctions de Green empiriques (EGFs) du mode fondamental et du premier mode sup{\'e}rieur des ondes de surface (Scholte-Rayleigh) sont reconstruites {\`a} partir d{\textquoteright}une ann{\'e}e d{\textquoteright}enregistrements continus de la composante verticale du bruit sismique sur 28 ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs) d{\'e}ploy{\'e}s dans la r{\'e}gion des failles transformantes Quebrada/Discovery/Gofar, le long de la dorsale oc{\'e}anique du Pacifique Est. La dispersion moyenne des vitesses de phase du mode fondamental (dans la bande de p{\'e}riode 2{\textendash}30s) et du premier mode sup{\'e}rieur (dans la bande 3{\textendash}7s), issus des EGFs, est utilis{\'e}e pour d{\'e}terminer un mod{\`e}le moyen 1D de la vitesse des ondes de cisaillement dans la cro{\^u}te et le manteau sup{\'e}rieur {\`a} partir d{\textquoteright}un algorithme de recherche dans l{\textquoteright}espace mod{\`e}le. Le mod{\`e}le de vitesse des ondes de cisaillement r{\'e}sultant pr{\'e}sente une couche de faible vitesse (4,29km/s) entre le Moho et 25km sous le niveau de la mer, ce qui sugg{\`e}re l{\textquoteright}absence de couche superficielle rapide dans le manteau sup{\'e}rieur de cette jeune r{\'e}gion oc{\'e}anique (0{\textendash}2millions d{\textquoteright}ann{\'e}es). Une zone de faible vitesse encore plus prononc{\'e}e, avec une vitesse de cisaillement de \~{}3,85km/s, appara{\^\i}t entre 25 et 40km sous le niveau de la mer. Combin{\'e}e avec des r{\'e}sultats ant{\'e}rieurs, notre {\'e}tude montre que la vitesse de cisaillement dans le manteau oc{\'e}anique sup{\'e}rieur augmente avec l{\textquoteright}{\^a}ge du fond oc{\'e}anique, ce qui est en accord avec le refroidissement dans le temps de la lithosph{\`e}re.},
	keywords = {ambient noise, Bruit ambiant, Dorsale Est Pacifique, East Pacific Rise, Fundamental- and higher-mode Scholte-Rayleigh waves, Lithosphere, Low-velocity zone, Manteau oc{\'e}anique sup{\'e}rieur, Modes fondamental et sup{\'e}rieur des ondes de Scholte-Rayleigh, Oceanic Uppermost Mantle, Zone de faible vitesse},
	issn = {1631-0713},
	doi = {10.1016/j.crte.2011.04.004},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631071311000952},
	author = {Yao, Huajian and Gou{\'e}dard, Pierre and Collins, John A. and McGuire, Jeffrey J. and van der Hilst, Robert D.}
}
@article {niu_receiver_2007,
	title = {Receiver function study of the crustal structure of the southeastern Caribbean plate boundary and Venezuela},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {112},
	number = {B11},
	year = {2007},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2006JB004802},
	abstract = {We have investigated crustal thickness and composition across the southeastern Caribbean plate boundary with the receiver function technique. We used teleseismic data recorded by a temporary broadband array deployed under the BOLIVAR project and the permanent national seismic network of Venezuela. We used the primary P-to-S conversion and crustal reverberations to estimate crustal thickness and average crustal VP/VS ratio over the region. We observe large variations in crustal thickness and Poisson{\textquoteright}s ratio. Estimated Moho depth ranges from \~{}16 km beneath the southeastern Caribbean Sea to \~{}52 km beneath northeastern Venezuela and the Venezuelan Andes. There is a good correlation between crustal structure and tectonic terranes. Data from the Precambrian Guayana Shield suggest that the underlying crustal structure is relatively uniform with a moderate thickness (\~{}37 km) and an intermediate composition. A thick crust is found below the foreland basins. The two mountain systems in northern Venezuela, the Serrania del Interior and the Serrania del Falcon, have a thin crust with arc composition and are likely dynamically supported by elastic rebound or underthrusting of the oceanic plateau that characterizes the southern Caribbean. On the other hand, the Venezuelan Andes and Perija Range on the western side of the country are probably isostatically balanced by thick crustal roots.},
	keywords = {Moho depth, southeast Caribbean, VP/VS ratio},
	issn = {2156-2202},
	doi = {10.1029/2006JB004802},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2006JB004802},
	author = {Niu, Fenglin and Bravo, Tammy and Pavlis, Gary and Vernon, Frank and Rendon, Herbert and Bezada, Maximiliano and Levander, Alan}
}
@article {shillington_composition_2004,
	title = {Composition and structure of the central Aleutian island arc from arc-parallel wide-angle seismic data},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {5},
	number = {10},
	year = {2004},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2004GC000715},
	abstract = {New results from wide-angle seismic data collected parallel to the central Aleutian island arc require an intermediate to mafic composition for the middle crust and a mafic to ultramafic composition for the lower crust and yield lateral velocity variations that correspond to arc segmentation and trends in major element geochemistry. The 3-D ray tracing/2.5-D inversion of this sparse wide-angle data set, which incorporates independent phase interpretations and new constraints on shallow velocity structure, produces a faster and smoother result than a previously published velocity model. Middle-crustal velocities of 6.5{\textendash}7.3 km/s over depths of \~{}10{\textendash}20 km indicate an andesitic to basaltic composition. High lower-crustal velocities of 7.3{\textendash}7.7 km/s over depths of \~{}20{\textendash}35 km are interpreted as ultramafic-mafic cumulates and/or garnet granulites. The total crustal thickness is 35{\textendash}37 km. This result indicates that the Aleutian island arc has higher velocities, and thus more mafic compositions, than average continental crust, implying that significant modifications would be required for this arc to be a suitable building block for continental crust. Lateral variations in average crustal velocity (below 10 km) roughly correspond to trends in major element geochemistry of primitive (Mg \# > 0.6) lavas. The highest lower-crustal velocities (and presumably most mafic material) are detected in the center of an arc segment, between Unmak and Unalaska Islands, implying that arc segmentation exerts control over crustal composition.},
	keywords = {continental crust, crustal geophysics, island arc, major element geochemistry},
	issn = {1525-2027},
	doi = {10.1029/2004GC000715},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2004GC000715},
	author = {Shillington, Donna J. and Van Avendonk, Harm J. A. and Holbrook, W. Steven and Kelemen, Peter B. and Hornbach, Matthew J.}
}
@article {okaya_imaging_2003,
	title = {Imaging a plate boundar using double-sided onshore-offshore seismic profiling},
	journal = {The Leading Edge},
	volume = {22},
	number = {3},
	year = {2003},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {256{\textendash}260},
	issn = {1070-485X},
	doi = {10.1190/1.1564531},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1564531},
	author = {Okaya, David and Stern, Tim and Holbrook, Steve and van Avendonk, Harm and Davey, Fred and Henrys, Stuart}
}
