@article {park_low-velocity_2025,
	title = {Low-velocity anomaly in the Coral Sea associated with subducting slabs and the Woodlark rift},
	journal = {Communications Earth \& Environment},
	volume = {6},
	number = {1},
	year = {2025},
	pages = {184},
	abstract = {Classical plume models offer insights into intraplate volcanism and seamount chain formation by assuming a cylindrical upwelling of hot materials from the core-mantle boundary. The interaction of mantle plumes with ridges or subducting slabs disrupts typical plate tectonics, leading to distinctive tectonic phenomena such as ridge jumps or slab stagnation. However, thermal plume models sometimes fall short in explaining perplexing tectonic features, necessitating consideration of compositional heterogeneities within mantle plumes. Here, using multimode waveform tomography, we identify a large, vertically divergent low-velocity anomaly in the upper mantle beneath the Coral Sea in the southwestern Pacific, which circumvents the remnants of subducting slabs toward northeastern Australia with intraplate volcanism, and the Woodlark rift, the most rapidly extending continental rift. Our findings furnish seismic evidence for the widespread propagation of a thermochemical mantle plume spanning over 10{\textdegree} at depths of 270{\textendash}410 km, facilitating its simultaneous contacts with slabs and rifts.},
	issn = {2662-4435},
	doi = {10.1038/s43247-025-02166-8},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02166-8},
	author = {Park, Ji-hoon and Chang, Sung-Joon}
}
@article {zhang_lithospheric_2023,
	title = {Lithospheric Imaging Through Reverberant Layers: Sediments, Oceans, and Glaciers},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {128},
	number = {5},
	year = {2023},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2022JB026348},
	pages = {e2022JB026348},
	abstract = {The Earth, in large portions, is covered in oceans, sediments, and glaciers. High-resolution body wave imaging in such environments often suffers from severe reverberations, that is, repeating echoes of the incoming scattered wavefield trapped in the reverberant layer, making interpretation of lithospheric layering difficult. In this study, we propose a systematic data-driven approach, using autocorrelation and homomorphic analysis, to solve the twin problem of detection and elimination of reverberations without a priori knowledge of the elastic structure of the reverberant layers. We demonstrate, using synthetic experiments and data examples, that our approach can effectively identify the signature of reverberations even in cases where the recording seismic array is deployed in complex settings, for example, using data from (a) a land station sitting on Songliao basin, (b) an ocean bottom station in the fore-arc setting of the Alaska amphibious community seismic experiment, and (c) a station deployed on ice-sediment strata in the glaciers of Antarctica. The elimination of the reverberation is implemented by a frequency domain filter whose parameters are automatically tuned using seismic data alone. On glaciers where the reverberating sediment layer is sandwiched between the lithosphere and an overlying ice layer, homomorphic analysis is preferable in detecting the signature of reverberation. We expect that our technique will see wide application for high-resolution body wave imaging across a wide variety of conditions.},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1029/2022JB026348},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2022JB026348},
	author = {Zhang, Ziqi and Olugboji, Tolulope}
}
@article {schlaphorst_local_2023,
	title = {Local seismicity around the Chain Transform Fault at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from OBS observations},
	journal = {Geophysical Journal International},
	volume = {234},
	number = {2},
	year = {2023},
	note = {Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)},
	month = {08/2023},
	pages = {1111{\textendash}1124},
	abstract = {Seismicity along transform faults provides important constraints for our understanding of the factors that control earthquake ruptures. Oceanic transform faults are particularly informative due to their relatively simple structure in comparison to their continental counterparts. The seismicity of several fast-moving transform faults has been investigated by local networks, but as of today there been few studies of transform faults in slow spreading ridges. Here, we present the first local seismicity catalogue based on event data recorded by a temporary broad-band network of 39 ocean{\textendash}bottom seismometers located around the slow-moving Chain Transform Fault (CTF) along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) from 2016 to 2017 March. We locate 972 events in the area by simultaneously inverting for a 1-D velocity model informed by the event P- and S-arrival times. We refine the depths and focal mechanisms of the larger events using deviatoric moment tensor inversion. Most of the earthquakes are located along the CTF (700) and Romanche transform fault (94) and the MAR (155); a smaller number (23) can be observed on the continuing fracture zones or in intraplate locations. The ridge events are characterized by normal faulting and most of the transform events are characterized by strike-slip faulting, but with several reverse mechanisms that are likely related to transpressional stresses in the region. CTF events range in magnitude from 1.1 to 5.6 with a magnitude of completeness around 2.3. Along the CTF we calculate a b-value of 0.81 {\textpm} 0.09. The event depths are mostly shallower than 15 km below sea level (523), but a small number of high-quality earthquakes (16) are located deeper, with some (8) located deeper than the brittle-ductile transition as predicted by the 600 {\textdegree}C-isotherm from a simple thermal model. The deeper events could be explained by the control of sea water infiltration on the brittle failure limit.},
	keywords = {3706 Geophysics},
	issn = {0956-540X},
	doi = {10.1093/gji/ggad124},
	author = {Schlaphorst, David and Rychert, Catherine A. and Harmon, Nicholas and Hicks, Stephen P. and Bogiatzis, Petros and Kendall, J-Michael and Abercrombie, Rachel E.}
}
@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 {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 {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 {smalls_lakebottom_2019,
	title = {Lake-Bottom Seismograph Observations of Microseisms in Yellowstone Lake},
	journal = {Seismological Research Letters},
	volume = {90},
	number = {3},
	year = {2019},
	month = {apr},
	pages = {1200{\textendash}1208},
	abstract = {Ambient-noise records from a seismograph deployed in Yellowstone Lake during July{\textendash}August 2016 contain high-amplitude signals in the 0.4{\textendash}1.1~Hz frequency band, which exhibit strong diurnal variations. These diurnal amplitude variations are highly coherent with wind-speed data from a meteorological station on the lake{\textquoteright}s northern shore, and as the wind builds over the course of a typical summer day, the amplitude and period of the microseism signal progressively increase, consistent with the evolution of a gravity-wave amplitude spectrum. The peak spectral levels are at frequencies of \~{}1.0  Hz, which is roughly twice the peak frequency of a fetch-limited wavefield given the 10{\textendash}19~km fetch to our lake-floor station, suggesting the signals represent double-frequency microseisms. The \~{}3.4  hr lag observed between wind speed and seismic noise levels are consistent with this interpretation.},
	issn = {0895-0695},
	doi = {10.1785/0220180242},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180242},
	author = {Smalls, Paris T. and Sohn, Robert A. and Collins, John A.}
}
@article {Horning2018,
	title = {Local Seismicity of the Rainbow Massif on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {123},
	number = {2},
	year = {2018},
	month = {feb},
	pages = {1615{\textendash}1630},
	issn = {21699313},
	doi = {10.1002/2017JB015288},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2017JB015288},
	author = {Horning, G. and Sohn, R. A. and Canales, J. P. and Dunn, R. A.}
}
@article {Ball2016,
	title = {Lithospheric shear velocity structure of South Island, New Zealand, from amphibious Rayleigh wave tomography},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {121},
	number = {5},
	year = {2016},
	month = {may},
	pages = {3686{\textendash}3702},
	issn = {21699313},
	doi = {10.1002/2015JB012726},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2015JB012726},
	author = {Ball, Justin S. and Sheehan, Anne F. and Stachnik, Joshua C. and Lin, Fan-Chi and Yeck, William L. and Collins, John A.}
}
@article {shillington_link_2015,
	title = {Link between plate fabric, hydration and subduction zone seismicity in Alaska},
	journal = {Nature Geoscience},
	volume = {8},
	number = {12},
	year = {2015},
	note = {Publisher: Nature Publishing Group},
	pages = {961{\textendash}964},
	abstract = {Subduction carries water into the Earth where it can influence seismicity. Analysis of the structure of the Alaskan subduction zone suggests fluid delivery is influenced by faults in the oceanic plate that formed at the mid-ocean ridge.},
	keywords = {Geodynamics, seismology, Tectonics},
	issn = {1752-0908},
	doi = {10.1038/ngeo2586},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2586},
	author = {Shillington, Donna J. and B{\'e}cel, Anne and Nedimovi{\'c}, Mladen R. and Kuehn, Harold and Webb, Spahr C. and Abers, Geoffrey A. and Keranen, Katie M. and Li, Jiyao and Delescluse, Matthias and Mattei-Salicrup, Gabriel A.}
}
@article {Masy2015,
	title = {Lithospheric expression of cenozoic subduction, mesozoic rifting and the Precambrian Shield in Venezuela},
	journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
	volume = {410},
	year = {2015},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {12{\textendash}24},
	issn = {0012821X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.041},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012821X14005652},
	author = {Masy, Jeniffer and Niu, Fenglin and Levander, Alan and Schmitz, Michael}
}
@article {Reeves2015,
	title = {Lithospheric structure across the California Continental Borderland from receiver functions},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {16},
	number = {1},
	year = {2015},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {246{\textendash}266},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1002/2014GC005617},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2014GC005617},
	author = {Reeves, Zachary and Leki{\'c}, Vedran and Schmerr, Nicholas and Kohler, Monica and Weeraratne, Dayanthie}
}
@article {Brodie2015,
	title = {Low frequency baleen whale calls detected on ocean-bottom seismometers in the Lau basin, southwest Pacific Ocean},
	journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America},
	volume = {137},
	number = {1},
	year = {2015},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {53{\textendash}62},
	issn = {0001-4966},
	doi = {10.1121/1.4904556},
	url = {http://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.4904556},
	author = {Brodie, Dana C. and Dunn, Robert A.}
}
