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Mapping the Hawaiian plume conduit with converted seismic waves

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  • X. Li

    (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
    Freie Universität, FR Geophysik)

  • R. Kind

    (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
    Freie Universität, FR Geophysik)

  • K. Priestley

    (Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge)

  • S. V. Sobolev

    (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam)

  • F. Tilmann

    (Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge)

  • X. Yuan

    (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
    Freie Universität, FR Geophysik)

  • M. Weber

    (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
    Universität Potsdam, Institut für Geowissenschaften)

Abstract

The volcanic edifice of the Hawaiian islands and seamounts, as well as the surrounding area of shallow sea floor known as the Hawaiian swell, are believed to result from the passage of the oceanic lithosphere over a mantle hotspot1,2,3. Although geochemical and gravity observations indicate the existence of a mantle thermal plume beneath Hawaii4,5,6, no direct seismic evidence for such a plume in the upper mantle has yet been found. Here we present an analysis of compressional-to-shear (P-to-S) converted seismic phases, recorded on seismograph stations on the Hawaiian islands, that indicate a zone of very low shear-wave velocity (

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  • X. Li & R. Kind & K. Priestley & S. V. Sobolev & F. Tilmann & X. Yuan & M. Weber, 2000. "Mapping the Hawaiian plume conduit with converted seismic waves," Nature, Nature, vol. 405(6789), pages 938-941, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:405:y:2000:i:6789:d:10.1038_35016054
    DOI: 10.1038/35016054
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    1. N. Rao & V. Tiwari & M. Kumar & Pinki Hazarika & Dipankar Saikia & R. Chadha & Y. Rao, 2015. "The M w 6.9 Sikkim–Nepal earthquake of September 2011: a perspective for wrench faulting in the Himalayan thrust zone," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 77(1), pages 355-366, May.
    2. Laura A. Miller & Hugh St. C. O’Neill & Andrew J. Berry & Charles Losq, 2022. "Fractional crystallisation of eclogite during the birth of a Hawaiian Volcano," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.

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