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Western US intermountain seismicity caused by changes in upper mantle flow

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  • Thorsten W. Becker

    (University of Southern California)

  • Anthony R. Lowry

    (Utah State University)

  • Claudio Faccenna

    (Università Roma Tre)

  • Brandon Schmandt

    (The University of New Mexico)

  • Adrian Borsa

    (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego)

  • Chunquan Yu

    (Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Results from mantle flow models reveal a relationship between seismicity away from the plate boundary in the western United States and the rate change of the vertical normal stress from mantle flow, showing that mantle flow plays an important part in shaping topography, tectonics and seismic hazard within such intraplate settings.

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  • Thorsten W. Becker & Anthony R. Lowry & Claudio Faccenna & Brandon Schmandt & Adrian Borsa & Chunquan Yu, 2015. "Western US intermountain seismicity caused by changes in upper mantle flow," Nature, Nature, vol. 524(7566), pages 458-461, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:524:y:2015:i:7566:d:10.1038_nature14867
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14867
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    1. Prantik Mandal, 2022. "Seismic velocity images of a crystallized crustal magma-conduit (related to the Deccan plume) below the seismically active Kachchh rift zone, Gujarat, India," 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. 111(1), pages 239-260, March.
    2. Zebin Cao & Lijun Liu, 2024. "Western US intraplate deformation controlled by the complex lithospheric structure," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, December.

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