Mantle Transition Zone Thickness beneath the Middle East: Evidence for segmented Tethyan slabs, delaminated lithosphere and lower mantle upwelling

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Kaviani, Ayoub, Sandvol, Eric, Moradi, Ali, Rümpker, Georg, Tang, Zheng, Mai, Paul Martin
• Other Authors: Earth Science and Engineering Program, Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Division, Institute of Geosciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt; Frankfurt/Main Germany, Department of Geological Sciences; University of Missouri-Columbia; USA, Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran; Iran
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2018
• Subjects: Eida; Seismological Facilities for the Advancement of Geoscience and EarthScope
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10754/628407; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jb015627

We use a very large seismic data set to provide a comprehensive image of the mantle transition zone (MTZ) beneath the Middle East. We utilized the technique of Common Conversion Point stacking of P wave receiver functions to investigate the topography on the 410- and 660-km discontinuities defining...