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Fee, D. and Dueker, K. (2004). Mantle transition zone topography and structure beneath the Yellowstone hotspot. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020636. issn: 0094-8276. |
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The depths of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities beneath the Yellowstone hotspot are constrained using common conversion point imaging of P-wave receiver functions. The mean depth of the 410 and 660 is 411 ¿ 1.5 km and 656 ¿ 1.6 km, with 36--40 km of peak to peak topography. This topography is spatially uncorrelated, providing no evidence for a lower mantle plume currently beneath the hotspot. The topography suggests that ¿200¿C thermal anomalies exist with respect to an average mantle adiabat. Two warmer than normal regions are found: at the 410 to the NNW of the hotspot and at the 660 to the NE. Colder temperatures exist at the 410 under central Wyoming. Upper mantle convection and/or intermittent heat and mass transfer across the 660 may be responsible for the uncorrelated topography. Three negative arrivals about the 410 and 660 are observed that display correct Pds moveout. |
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Keywords
Seismology, Core and mantle, Seismology, Lithosphere and upper mantle, Tectonophysics, Dynamics, convection currents and mantle plumes, Tectonophysics, Earth's interior—composition and state |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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