@article {brandl_discontinuous_2023,
	title = {Discontinuous Igneous Addition Along the Eastern North American Margin Beneath the East Coast Magnetic Anomaly},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {128},
	number = {8},
	year = {2023},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2023JB026459},
	month = {08/2023},
	pages = {e2023JB026459},
	abstract = {Detailed models of crustal structure at volcanic passive margins offer insight into the role of magmatism and the distribution of igneous addition during continental rifting. The Eastern North American Margin (ENAM) is a volcanic passive margin that formed during the breakup of Pangea \~{}200 Myr ago. The offshore, margin-parallel East Coast Magnetic Anomaly (ECMA) is thought to mark the locus of syn-rift magmatism. Previous widely spaced margin-perpendicular studies seismically imaged igneous addition as seaward dipping reflectors (SDRs) and high velocity lower crust (HVLC; >7.2 km/s) beneath the ECMA. Along-strike imaging is necessary to more accurately determine the distribution and volume of igneous addition during continental breakup. We use wide-angle, marine active-source seismic data from the 2014{\textendash}2015 ENAM Community Seismic Experiment to determine crustal structure beneath a \~{}370-km-long section of the ECMA. P-wave velocity models based on data from short-period ocean bottom seismometers reveal a \~{}21-km-thick crust with laterally variable lower crust velocities ranging from 6.9 to 7.5 km/s. Sections with HVLC (>7.2 km/s) alternate with two \~{}30-km-wide areas where the average velocities are less than 7.0 km/s. This variable structure indicates that HVLC is discontinuous along the margin, reflecting variable amounts of intrusion along-strike. Our results suggest that magmatism during rifting was segmented. The HVLC discontinuities roughly align with locations of Mid-Atlantic Ridge fracture zones, which may suggest that rift segmentation influenced later segmentation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.},
	keywords = {active source tomography, continental rifting, passive margin, seismic refraction, traveltime tomography},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1029/2023JB026459},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2023JB026459},
	author = {Brandl, Collin C. and Worthington, Lindsay L. and Magnani, M. Beatrice and Shillington, Donna J. and Luckie, Thomas W.}
}
@article {russell_lithosphere_2021,
	title = {Lithosphere Structure and Seismic Anisotropy Offshore Eastern North America: Implications for Continental Breakup and Ultra-Slow Spreading Dynamics},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {126},
	number = {12},
	year = {2021},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2021JB022955},
	month = {11/2021},
	pages = {e2021JB022955},
	abstract = {The breakup of supercontinent Pangea occurred \~{}200 Ma forming the Eastern North American Margin (ENAM). Yet, the precise timing and mechanics of breakup and onset of seafloor spreading remain poorly constrained. We investigate the relict lithosphere offshore eastern North America using ambient-noise Rayleigh-wave phase velocity (12{\textendash}32 s) and azimuthal anisotropy (17{\textendash}32 s) at the ENAM Community Seismic Experiment (CSE). Incorporating previous constraints on crustal structure, we construct a shear velocity model for the crust and upper \~{}60 km of the mantle beneath the ENAM-CSE. A low-velocity lid (VS of 4.4{\textendash}4.55 km/s) is revealed in the upper 15{\textendash}20 km of the mantle that extends \~{}200 km from the margin, terminating at the Blake Spur Magnetic Anomaly (BSMA). East of the BSMA, velocities are fast (>4.6 km/s) and characteristic of typical oceanic mantle lithosphere. We interpret the low-velocity lid as stretched continental mantle lithosphere embedded with up to \~{}15\% retained gabbro. This implies that the BSMA marks successful breakup and onset of seafloor spreading \~{}170 Ma, consistent with ENAM-CSE active-source studies that argue for breakup \~{}25 Myr later than previously thought. We observe margin-parallel Rayleigh-wave azimuthal anisotropy (2\%{\textendash}4\% peak-to-peak) in the lithosphere that approximately correlates with absolute plate motion (APM) at the time of spreading. We hypothesize that lithosphere formed during ultra-slow seafloor spreading records APM-modified olivine fabric rather than spreading-parallel fabric typical of higher spreading rates. This work highlights the importance of present-day passive margins for improving understanding of the fundamental rift-to-drift transition.},
	keywords = {ambient noise, continental rifting, eastern North American margin, oceanic lithosphere, seismic anisotropy, surface-wave tomography},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1029/2021JB022955},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2021JB022955},
	author = {Russell, J. B. and Gaherty, J. B.}
}
@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}
}
