Thermal structure and melting conditions in the mantle beneath the Basin and Range province from seismology and petrology

Bubbles matter: An assessment of the contribution of vapor bubbles to melt inclusion volatile budgets

(2015) L. R. Moore et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Upper mantle temperature and the onset of extension and break-up in Afar, Africa

(2015) John J. Armitage et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Intraplate volcanism at the edges of the Colorado Plateau sustained by a combination of triggered edge-driven convection and shear-driven upwelling

(2015) Maxim D. Ballmer et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Evolution of Mojavian mantle lithosphere influenced by Farallon plate subduction: Evidence from Hf and Nd isotopes in peridotite xenoliths from Dish Hill, CA

(2015) Rosalind M.G. Armytage et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

A seismic reflection image for the base of a tectonic plate

(2015) T. A. Stern et al.   NATURE

Seismic evidence of effects of water on melt transport in the Lau back-arc mantle

(2015) S. Shawn Wei et al.   NATURE

The effect of primary versus secondary processes on the volatile content of MORB glasses: An example from the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge (5°N-3°S)

(2015) Marion Le Voyer et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Postearthquake relaxation evidence for laterally variable viscoelastic structure and water content in the Southern California mantle

(2015) Fred F. Pollitz   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Rheological properties of the mantle lid beneath the Mojave region in southern California

(2014) Whitney M. Behr et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary and the tectonic and magmatic history of the northwestern United States

(2014) Emily Hopper et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Reconciling mantle attenuation-temperature relationships from seismology, petrology, and laboratory measurements

(2014) G. A. Abers et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Density, temperature, and composition of the North American lithosphere-New insights from a joint analysis of seismic, gravity, and mineral physics data: 2. Thermal and compositional model of the upper mantle

(2014) Magdala Tesauro et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Volatile cycling of H2O, CO2, F, and Cl in the HIMU mantle: A new window provided by melt inclusions from oceanic hot spot lavas at Mangaia, Cook Islands

(2014) Rita A. Cabral et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Localized shear in the deep lithosphere beneath the San Andreas fault system

(2014) Heather A. Ford et al.   GEOLOGY

P and S wave tomography of the mantle beneath the United States

(2014) Brandon Schmandt et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

P-wave tomography of potential convective downwellings and their source regions, Sierra Nevada, California

(2014) Craig H. Jones et al.   Geosphere

Geophysical and Geochemical Evidence for Deep Temperature Variations Beneath Mid-Ocean Ridges

(2014) C. A. Dalton et al.   SCIENCE

Upper mantleQstructure beneath old seafloor in the western Pacific

(2014) Catherine M. Booth et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Temperature, grain size, and chemical controls on polycrystal anelasticity over a broad frequency range extending into the seismic range

(2014) Yasuko Takei et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Anisotropy andVp/Vsin the uppermost mantle beneath the western United States from joint analysis ofPnandSnphases

(2014) J. S. Buehler et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

The relationship between shear wave velocity, temperature, attenuation and viscosity in the shallow part of the mantle

(2013) Keith Priestley et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Dike propagation driven by melt accumulation at the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary

(2013) C. Havlin et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Static and dynamic support of western United States topography

(2013) Thorsten W. Becker et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Contrasting lithospheric signatures across the western United States revealed by Sp receiver functions

(2013) Vedran Lekić et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Depths and temperatures of

(2013) Christy B. Till et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

High resolution imaging of the melt distribution in partially molten upper mantle rocks: evidence for wetted two-grain boundaries

(2013) G. Garapić et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Seismological estimates of means of isostatic support of the Sierra Nevada

(2013) W. Levandowski et al.   Geosphere

The Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Nickel Partitioning between Olivine and Silicate Melt

(2013) Andrew K. Matzen et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

Carbon-dioxide-rich silicate melt in the Earth’s upper mantle

(2013) Rajdeep Dasgupta et al.   NATURE

Does partial melting explain geophysical anomalies?

(2013) Shun-ichiro Karato   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Fossil slabs attached to unsubducted fragments of the Farallon plate

(2013) Y. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3-D multi-observable probabilistic inversion for the compositional and thermal structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle. II: General methodology and resolution analysis

(2013) J.C. Afonso et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Volatile loss from melt inclusions in pyroclasts of differing sizes

(2012) Alexander S. Lloyd et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

H2O storage capacity of olivine at 5–8GPa and consequences for dehydration partial melting of the upper mantle

(2012) P. Ardia et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

On the origin of the asthenosphere

(2012) Shun-ichiro Karato   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The influence of magmatic differentiation on the oxidation state of Fe in a basaltic arc magma

(2012) Katherine A. Kelley et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The effect of H2O on partial melting of garnet peridotite at 3.5 GPa

(2012) Travis J. Tenner et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

On recent seismic tomography for the western United States

(2012) T. W. Becker   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Lithosphere versus asthenosphere mantle sources at the Big Pine Volcanic Field, California

(2012) Esteban Gazel et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Evolutionary aspects of lithosphere discontinuity structure in the western U.S.

(2012) Alan Levander et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Melting under the Colorado Plateau, USA

(2012) Mary R. Reid et al.   GEOLOGY

Rapid reequilibration of H2O and oxygen fugacity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions

(2012) Glenn A. Gaetani et al.   GEOLOGY

Joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions: a Bayesian Monte-Carlo approach

(2012) Weisen Shen et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

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(2012) Keith Putirka   Geosphere

Basin and Range volcanism as a passive response to extensional tectonics

(2012) K. Putirka et al.   Geosphere

A melting model for variably depleted and enriched lherzolite in the plagioclase and spinel stability fields

(2012) Christy B. Till et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

USArray Receiver Function Images of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary

(2012) P. Kumar et al.   SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Seismic receiver functions and the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary

(2012) Rainer Kind et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

The oxidation state of Fe in MORB glasses and the oxygen fugacity of the upper mantle

(2011) Elizabeth Cottrell et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Imaging crustal and upper mantle structure beneath the Colorado Plateau using finite frequency Rayleigh wave tomography

(2011) Kaijian Liu et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Melt in the mantle beneath the amagmatic zone, southern Nevada

(2011) Christina J. Rau et al.   GEOLOGY

Seismically imaged relict slab from the 55 Ma Siletzia accretion to the northwest United States

(2011) B. Schmandt et al.   GEOLOGY

Lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction beneath the western United States from the joint inversion of body-wave traveltimes and surface-wave phase velocities

(2011) Mathias Obrebski et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Anelasticity and viscosity of partially molten rock analogue: Toward seismic detection of small quantities of melt

(2011) Christine McCarthy et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Structure of the Sierra Nevada from receiver functions and implications for lithospheric foundering

(2011) Andrew M. Frassetto et al.   Geosphere

Experimental study of attenuation and dispersion over a broad frequency range: 2. The universal scaling of polycrystalline materials

(2011) Christine McCarthy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The thermo-chemical and physical structure beneath the North American continent from Bayesian inversion of surface-wave phase velocities

(2011) A. Khan et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Mineralogy and Composition of the Oceanic Mantle

(2011) Keith Putirka et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

Continuing Colorado plateau uplift by delamination-style convective lithospheric downwelling

(2011) A. Levander et al.   NATURE

Differential motion between upper crust and lithospheric mantle in the central Basin and Range

(2011) Vera Schulte-Pelkum et al.   Nature Geoscience

The Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary

(2010) Karen M. Fischer et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

The relative effects of composition and temperature on olivine-liquid Ni partitioning: Statistical deconvolution and implications for petrologic modeling

(2010) Chusi Li et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Complex subduction and small-scale convection revealed by body-wave tomography of the western United States upper mantle

(2010) Brandon Schmandt et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Melt-induced seismic anisotropy and magma assisted rifting in Ethiopia: Evidence from surface waves

(2010) I. D. Bastow et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Organized melt, seismic anisotropy, and plate boundary lubrication

(2010) Benjamin K. Holtzman et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Small-scale convection at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere

(2010) J.W. van Wijk et al.   GEOLOGY

Shrinking of the Colorado Plateau via lithospheric mantle erosion: Evidence from Nd and Sr isotopes and geochronology of Neogene basalts

(2010) Ryan Crow et al.   GEOLOGY

Identification of Source Lithology in the Hawaiian and Canary Islands: Implications for Origins

(2010) Claude Herzberg   JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

Complex and variable crustal and uppermost mantle seismic anisotropy in the western United States

(2010) Fan-Chi Lin et al.   Nature Geoscience

Grainsize-sensitive viscoelastic relaxation in olivine: Towards a robust laboratory-based model for seismological application

(2010) Ian Jackson et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Partial melt in the oceanic low velocity zone

(2010) Marc M. Hirschmann   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Well-wetted olivine grain boundaries in partially molten peridotite in the asthenosphere

(2009) Takashi Yoshino et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Constraints on the depths and temperatures of basaltic magma generation on Earth and other terrestrial planets using new thermobarometers for mafic magmas

(2009) Cin-Ty A. Lee et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Global seismological shear velocity and attenuation: A comparison with experimental observations

(2009) Colleen A. Dalton et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Implications of grain size evolution on the seismic structure of the oceanic upper mantle

(2009) Mark D. Behn et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Lithospheric mantle duplex beneath the central Mojave Desert revealed by xenoliths from Dish Hill, California

(2009) Peter Luffi et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The Crystal/Melt Partitioning of V during Mantle Melting as a Function of Oxygen Fugacity Compared with some other Elements (Al, P, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Fe, Ga, Y, Zr and Nb)

(2009) Guilherme Mallmann et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

Diffusionally assisted grain-boundary sliding and viscoelasticity of polycrystals

(2009) S.J.S. Morris et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Thermal structure beneath the Snake River Plain: Implications for the Yellowstone hotspot

(2009) William P. Leeman et al.   JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH

Vertical mantle flow associated with a lithospheric drip beneath the Great Basin

(2009) John D. West et al.   Nature Geoscience

Dehydration melting of nominally anhydrous mantle: The primacy of partitioning

(2009) Marc M. Hirschmann et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Water and the Oxidation State of Subduction Zone Magmas

(2009) K. A. Kelley et al.   SCIENCE

Partitioning of Ni between olivine and siliceous eclogite partial melt: experimental constraints on the mantle source of Hawaiian basalts

(2008) Zhengrong Wang et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Temporal–compositional trends over short and long time-scales in basalts of the Big Pine Volcanic Field, California

(2008) Madalyn S. Blondes et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Thickening of young Pacific lithosphere from high-resolution Rayleigh wave tomography: A test of the conductive cooling model

(2008) N HARMON et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Library of Experimental Phase Relations (LEPR): A database and Web portal for experimental magmatic phase equilibria data

(2008) M. M. Hirschmann et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Attenuation in the upper mantle beneath Southern California: Physical state of the lithosphere and asthenosphere

(2008) Yingjie Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Radially anisotropic shear velocity structure of the upper mantle globally and beneath North America

(2008) Meredith Nettles et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Water contents in mantle xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau and vicinity: Implications for the mantle rheology and hydration-induced thinning of continental lithosphere

(2008) Zheng-Xue Anser Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH