| Year |
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| 2023 |
Liang X, Chu Y, Wan B, Chen L, Chen L, Sandvol E, Grand SP, Li Y, Wang M, Tian X, Chen Y, Xu T, Li Y, Ji WQ. Fragmentation of continental subduction is ending the Himalayan orogeny. Science Bulletin. PMID 37919155 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.10.017 |
0.486 |
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| 2020 |
Lu C, Forte AM, Simmons NA, Grand SP, Kajan MN, Lai H, Garnero EJ. The Sensitivity of Joint Inversions of Seismic and Geodynamic Data to Mantle Viscosity Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 21. DOI: 10.1029/2019Gc008648 |
0.662 |
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| 2019 |
Lu C, Grand SP, Lai H, Garnero EJ. TX2019slab: A New
P
and
S
Tomography Model Incorporating Subducting Slabs Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 124: 11549-11567. DOI: 10.1029/2019Jb017448 |
0.342 |
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| 2019 |
Steinberger B, Nelson PL, Grand SP, Wang W. Yellowstone Plume Conduit Tilt Caused by Large‐Scale Mantle Flow Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 20: 5896-5912. DOI: 10.1029/2019Gc008490 |
0.358 |
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| 2019 |
Agrawal M, Pulliam J, Sen MK, Grand SP. Lithospheric Removal Beneath the Eastern Flank of the Rio Grande Rift From Receiver Function Velocity Analysis Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 20: 974-991. DOI: 10.1029/2018Gc007911 |
0.455 |
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| 2018 |
Nelson PL, Grand SP. Lower-mantle plume beneath the Yellowstone hotspot revealed by core waves Nature Geoscience. 11: 280-284. DOI: 10.1038/S41561-018-0075-Y |
0.575 |
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| 2018 |
Tao K, Grand SP, Niu F. Seismic Structure of the Upper Mantle Beneath Eastern Asia From Full Waveform Seismic Tomography Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 19: 2732-2763. DOI: 10.1029/2018Gc007460 |
0.506 |
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| 2018 |
Liu C, Grand SP. Seismic attenuation in the African LLSVP estimated from PcS phases Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 489: 8-16. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2018.02.023 |
0.476 |
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| 2017 |
Tao K, Grand SP, Niu F. Full-waveform inversion of triplicated data using a normalized-correlation-coefficient-based misfit function Geophysical Journal International. 210: 1517-1524. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggx249 |
0.414 |
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| 2017 |
Chen H, Niu F, Obayashi M, Grand SP, Kawakatsu H, John Chen Y, Ning J, Tanaka S. Mantle seismic anisotropy beneath NE China and implications for the lithospheric delamination hypothesis beneath the southern Great Xing'an range Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 471: 32-41. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2017.04.030 |
0.577 |
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| 2017 |
Zhang F, Wu Q, Grand SP, Li Y, Gao M, Demberel S, Ulziibat M, Sukhbaatar U. Seismic velocity variations beneath central Mongolia: Evidence for upper mantle plumes? Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 459: 406-416. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2016.11.053 |
0.623 |
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| 2016 |
Rowley DB, Forte AM, Rowan CJ, Glišović P, Moucha R, Grand SP, Simmons NA. Kinematics and dynamics of the East Pacific Rise linked to a stable, deep-mantle upwelling. Science Advances. 2: e1601107. PMID 28028535 DOI: 10.1126/Sciadv.1601107 |
0.741 |
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| 2016 |
Lu C, Grand SP. The effect of subducting slabs in global shear wave tomography Geophysical Journal International. 205: 1074-1085. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggw072 |
0.538 |
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| 2016 |
Brudzinski MR, Schlanser KM, Kelly NJ, DeMets C, Grand SP, Márquez-Azúa B, Cabral-Cano E. Tectonic tremor and slow slip along the northwestern section of the Mexico subduction zone Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 454: 259-271. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2016.08.004 |
0.539 |
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| 2015 |
Guo Z, Chen YJ, Ning J, Feng Y, Grand SP, Niu F, Kawakatsu H, Tanaka S, Obayashi M, Ni J. High resolution 3-D crustal structure beneath NE China from joint inversion of ambient noise and receiver functions using NECESSArray data Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 416: 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2015.01.044 |
0.62 |
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| 2015 |
Liu Z, Niu F, Chen YJ, Grand S, Kawakatsu H, Ning J, Tanaka S, Obayashi M, Ni J. Receiver function images of the mantle transition zone beneath NE China: New constraints on intraplate volcanism, deep subduction and their potential link Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 412: 101-111. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2014.12.019 |
0.543 |
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| 2015 |
Simmons NA, Myers SC, Johannesson G, Matzel E, Grand SP. Evidence for long-lived subduction of an ancient tectonic plate beneath the southern Indian Ocean Geophysical Research Letters. 42: 9270-9278. DOI: 10.1002/2015Gl066237 |
0.793 |
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| 2015 |
Suhardja SK, Grand SP, Wilson D, Guzman-Speziale M, Gomez-Gonzalez JM, Dominguez-Reyes T, Ni J. Crust and subduction zone structure of Southwestern Mexico Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 120: 1020-1035. DOI: 10.1002/2014Jb011573 |
0.607 |
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| 2014 |
Tanaka S, Kawakatsu H, Obayashi M, Chen YJ, Ning J, Grand SP, Niu F, Ni J. Rapid lateral variation of P-wave velocity at the base of the mantle near the edge of the Large-Low Shear Velocity Province beneath the western Pacific Geophysical Journal International. 200: 1052-1065. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggu455 |
0.554 |
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| 2014 |
Tang Y, Obayashi M, Niu F, Grand SP, Chen YJ, Kawakatsu H, Tanaka S, Ning J, Ni JF. Changbaishan volcanism in northeast China linked to subduction-induced mantle upwelling Nature Geoscience. 7: 470-475. DOI: 10.1038/Ngeo2166 |
0.57 |
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| 2014 |
Tao K, Niu F, Ning J, Chen YJ, Grand S, Kawakatsu H, Tanaka S, Obayashi M, Ni J. Crustal structure beneath NE China imaged by NECESSArray receiver function data Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 398: 48-57. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2014.04.043 |
0.518 |
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| 2014 |
Wang Y, Grand SP, Tang Y. Shear velocity structure and mineralogy of the transition zone beneath the East Pacific Rise Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 402: 313-323. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2013.07.038 |
0.624 |
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| 2014 |
Takeuchi N, Kawakatsu H, Tanaka S, Obayashi M, Chen YJ, Ning J, Grand SP, Niu F, Ni J, Iritani R, Idehara K, Tonegawa T. Upper mantle tomography in the northwestern Pacific region using triplicated P waves Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 119: 7667-7685. DOI: 10.1002/2014Jb011161 |
0.553 |
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| 2013 |
Rowley DB, Forte AM, Moucha R, Mitrovica JX, Simmons NA, Grand SP. Dynamic topography change of the eastern United States since 3 million years ago. Science (New York, N.Y.). 340: 1560-3. PMID 23686342 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1229180 |
0.684 |
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| 2013 |
Sun D, Helmberger D, Song X, Grand SP. Predicting a Global Perovskite and Post-Perovskite Phase Boundary Post-Perovskite: the Last Mantle Phase Transition. 155-170. DOI: 10.1029/174GM12 |
0.432 |
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| 2012 |
Lee CT, Grand SP. Earth science: Intraplate volcanism. Nature. 482: 314-5. PMID 22337046 DOI: 10.1038/482314A |
0.394 |
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| 2012 |
Brandt MBC, Grand SP, Npyblade AA, Dirks PHGM. Upper mantle seismic structure beneath southern africa: Constraints on the buoyancy supporting the African superswell Pure and Applied Geophysics. 169: 595-614. DOI: 10.1007/S00024-011-0361-8 |
0.607 |
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| 2010 |
van Wijk JW, Baldridge WS, van Hunen J, Goes S, Aster R, Coblentz DD, Grand SP, Ni J. Small-scale convection at the edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for topography, magmatism, and evolution of Proterozoic lithosphere Geology. 38: 611-614. DOI: 10.1130/G31031.1 |
0.573 |
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| 2010 |
Simmons NA, Forte AM, Boschi L, Grand SP. GyPSuM: A joint tomographic model of mantle density and seismic wave speeds Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 115. DOI: 10.1029/2010Jb007631 |
0.723 |
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| 2010 |
Wilson DC, Aster R, Grand S, Ni J, Baldridge WS. High-resolution receiver function imaging reveals Colorado Plateau lithospheric architecture and mantle-supported topography Geophysical Research Letters. 37. DOI: 10.1029/2010Gl044799 |
0.463 |
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| 2010 |
Forte AM, Moucha R, Simmons NA, Grand SP, Mitrovica JX. Deep-mantle contributions to the surface dynamics of the North American continent Tectonophysics. 481: 3-15. DOI: 10.1016/J.Tecto.2009.06.010 |
0.733 |
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| 2010 |
Forte AM, Quéré S, Moucha R, Simmons NA, Grand SP, Mitrovica JX, Rowley DB. Joint seismic-geodynamic-mineral physical modelling of African geodynamics: A reconciliation of deep-mantle convection with surface geophysical constraints Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 295: 329-341. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2010.03.017 |
0.726 |
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| 2009 |
Begg GC, Griffin WL, Natapov LM, O'Reilly SY, Grand SP, O'Neill CJ, Hronsky JMA, Djomani YP, Swain CJ, Deen T, Bowden P. The lithospheric architecture of Africa: Seismic tomography, mantle petrology, and tectonic evolution Geosphere. 5: 23-50. DOI: 10.1130/Ges00179.1 |
0.557 |
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| 2009 |
Soto GL, Ni JF, Grand SP, Sandvol E, Valenzuela RW, Speziale MG, González JMG, Reyes TD. Mantle flow in the Rivera-Cocos subduction zone Geophysical Journal International. 179: 1004-1012. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2009.04352.X |
0.585 |
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| 2009 |
Simmons NA, Forte AM, Grand SP. Joint seismic, geodynamic and mineral physical constraints on three-dimensional mantle heterogeneity: Implications for the relative importance of thermal versus compositional heterogeneity Geophysical Journal International. 177: 1284-1304. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2009.04133.X |
0.716 |
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| 2009 |
Forte AM, Moucha R, Rowley DB, Quéré S, Mitrovica JX, Simmons NA, Grand SP. Recent tectonic plate decelerations driven by mantle convection Geophysical Research Letters. 36. DOI: 10.1029/2009Gl040224 |
0.715 |
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| 2009 |
Moucha R, Forte AM, Rowley DB, Mitrovica JX, Simmons NA, Grand SP. Deep mantle forces and the uplift of the Colorado Plateau Geophysical Research Letters. 36. DOI: 10.1029/2009Gl039778 |
0.721 |
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| 2009 |
Yang T, Grand SP, Wilson D, Guzman-Speziale M, Gomez-Gonzalez JM, Dominguez-Reyes T, Ni J. Seismic structure beneath the Rivera subduction zone from finite-frequency seismic tomography Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 114. DOI: 10.1029/2008Jb005830 |
0.577 |
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| 2008 |
Wang X, Ni JF, Aster R, Sandvol E, Wilson D, Sine C, Grand SP, Baldridge WS. Shear-wave splitting and mantle flow beneath the Colorado Plateau and its boundary with the Great Basin Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 98: 2526-2532. DOI: 10.1785/0120080107 |
0.551 |
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| 2008 |
Moucha R, Forte AM, Rowley DB, Mitrovica JX, Simmons NA, Grand SP. Mantle convection and the recent evolution of the Colorado Plateau and the Rio Grande Rift valley Geology. 36: 439-442. DOI: 10.1130/G24577A.1 |
0.731 |
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| 2008 |
Sine CR, Wilson D, Gao W, Grand SP, Aster R, Ni J, Baldridge WS. Mantle structure beneath the western edge of the Colorado Plateau Geophysical Research Letters. 35. DOI: 10.1029/2008Gl033391 |
0.609 |
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| 2008 |
Moucha R, Forte AM, Mitrovica JX, Rowley DB, Quéré S, Simmons NA, Grand SP. Dynamic topography and long-term sea-level variations: There is no such thing as a stable continental platform Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 271: 101-108. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2008.03.056 |
0.675 |
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| 2007 |
Chen JL, Wilson CR, Tapley BD, Grand S. GRACE detects coseismic and postseismic deformation from the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake Geophysical Research Letters. 34. DOI: 10.1029/2007Gl030356 |
0.443 |
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| 2007 |
Simmons NA, Forte AM, Grand SP. Thermochemical structure and dynamics of the African superplume Geophysical Research Letters. 34. DOI: 10.1029/2006Gl028009 |
0.702 |
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| 2007 |
Forte AM, Mitrovica JX, Moucha R, Simmons NA, Grand SP. Descent of the ancient Farallon slab drives localized mantle flow below the New Madrid seismic zone Geophysical Research Letters. 34. DOI: 10.1029/2006Gl027895 |
0.736 |
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| 2006 |
Wilson DC, Angus DA, Ni JF, Grand SP. Constraints on the interpretation of S-to-P receiver functions Geophysical Journal International. 165: 969-980. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.2006.02981.X |
0.414 |
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| 2006 |
Gao W, Matzel E, Grand SP. Upper mantle seismic structure beneath eastern Mexico determined from P and S waveform inversion and its implications Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 111. DOI: 10.1029/2006Jb004304 |
0.82 |
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| 2006 |
Simmons NA, Forte AM, Grand SP. Constraining mantle flow with seismic and geodynamic data: A joint approach Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 246: 109-124. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2006.04.003 |
0.737 |
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| 2005 |
Wilson D, Aster R, Ni J, Grand S, West M, Gao W, Baldridge WS, Semken S. Imaging the seismic structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Great Plains, Rio Grande Rift, and Colorado Plateau using receiver functions Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 110: 1-14. DOI: 10.1029/2004Jb003492 |
0.548 |
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| 2004 |
Song TR, Helmberger DV, Grand SP. Low-velocity zone atop the 410-km seismic discontinuity in the northwestern United States. Nature. 427: 530-3. PMID 14765192 DOI: 10.1038/Nature02231 |
0.608 |
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| 2004 |
West M, Gao W, Grand S. A simple approach to the joint inversion of seismic body and surface waves applied to the southwest U.S Geophysical Research Letters. 31. DOI: 10.1029/2004Gl020373 |
0.44 |
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| 2004 |
Gao W, Grand SP, Baldridge WS, Wilson D, West M, Ni JF, Aster R. Upper mantle convection beneath the central Rio Grande rift imaged by P and S wave tomography Journal of Geophysical Research. 109. DOI: 10.1029/2003Jb002743 |
0.664 |
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| 2004 |
Matzel E, Grand SP. The anisotropic seismic structure of the East European platform Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 109: B01302 1-16. DOI: 10.1029/2001Jb000623 |
0.802 |
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| 2004 |
Thorne MS, Garnero EJ, Grand SP. Geographic correlation between hot spots and deep mantle lateral shear-wave velocity gradients Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 146: 47-63. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pepi.2003.09.026 |
0.558 |
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| 2004 |
Gao W, Grand SP, Baldridge WS, Wilson D, West M, Ni JF, Aster R. Upper mantle convection beneath the central Rio Grande rift imaged by P and S wave tomography Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 109: B03305 1-16. |
0.596 |
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| 2003 |
Gök R, Ni JF, West M, Sandvol E, Wilson D, Aster R, Baldridge WS, Grand S, Gao W, Tillmann F, Semken S. Shear wave splitting and mantle flow beneath LA RISTRA Geophysical Research Letters. 30. DOI: 10.1029/2002Gl016616 |
0.577 |
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| 2002 |
Grand SP. Mantle shear-wave tomography and the fate of subducted slabs Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society a: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 360: 2475-2491. PMID 12460476 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1077 |
0.567 |
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| 2002 |
Simmons NA, Grand SP. Partial melting in the deepest mantle Geophysical Research Letters. 29: 47-1. DOI: 10.1029/2001Gl013716 |
0.727 |
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| 2000 |
Bunge HP, Grand SP. Mesozoic plate-motion history below the northeast Pacific Ocean from seismic images of the subducted Farallon slab Nature. 405: 337-40. PMID 10830960 DOI: 10.1038/35012586 |
0.529 |
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| 2000 |
Bunge HP, Grand SP. Mesozoic plate-motion history below the northeast Pacific Ocean from seismic images of the subducted Farallon slab Nature. 405: 337-340. DOI: 10.1038/35012586 |
0.44 |
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| 1998 |
Bunge HP, Richards MA, Lithgow-Bertelloni C, Baumgardner JR, Grand SP, Romanowicz BA. Time scales and heterogeneous structure in geodynamic earth models Science (New York, N.Y.). 280: 91-5. PMID 9525864 DOI: 10.1126/Science.280.5360.91 |
0.527 |
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| 1998 |
Bunge HP, Richards MA, Lithgow-Bertelloni C, Baumgardner JR, Grand SP, Romanowicz BA. Time scales and heterogeneous structure in geodynamic earth models Science. 280: 91-95. DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5360.91 |
0.438 |
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| 1998 |
Tajima F, Grand SP. Variation of transition zone high-velocity anomalies and depression of 660 km discontinuity associated with subduction zones from the southern Kuriles to Izu-Bonin and Ryukyu Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 103: 15015-15036. DOI: 10.1029/98Jb00752 |
0.606 |
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| 1997 |
Grand SP, Van Der Hilst RD, Widiyantoro S. Global seismic tomography: A snapshot of convection in the earth Gsa Today. 7: x1-7. |
0.539 |
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| 1996 |
Lee DK, Grand SP. Upper mantle shear structure beneath the Colorado Rocky Mountains Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 101: 22233-22244. DOI: 10.1029/96Jb01502 |
0.621 |
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| 1996 |
Lee DK, Grand SP. Depth of the upper mantle discontinuities beneath the East Pacific Rise Geophysical Research Letters. 23: 3369-3372. DOI: 10.1029/96Gl03103 |
0.593 |
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| 1996 |
Matzel E, Sen MK, Grand SP. Evidence for anisotropy in the deep mantle beneath Alaska Geophysical Research Letters. 23: 2417-2420. DOI: 10.1029/96Gl02186 |
0.806 |
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| 1996 |
Zhou R, Grand SP, Tajima F, Ding XY. High velocity zone beneath the southern Tibetan plateau from P-wave differential travel-time data Geophysical Research Letters. 23: 25-28. DOI: 10.1029/95Gl03607 |
0.594 |
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| 1996 |
Matzel E, Sen MK, Grand SP. Evidence for anisotropy in the deep mantle beneath Alaska Geophysical Research Letters. 23: 2417-2420. |
0.351 |
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| 1995 |
Tajima F, Grand SP. Evidence of high velocity anomalies in the transition zone associated with southern Kurile subduction zone Geophysical Research Letters. 22: 3139-3142. DOI: 10.1029/95Gl03314 |
0.516 |
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| 1995 |
Vidale JE, Xiao-Yang Ding, Grand SP. The 410-km-depth discontinuity: a sharpness estimate from near- critical reflections Geophysical Research Letters. 22: 2557-2560. DOI: 10.1029/95Gl02663 |
0.422 |
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| 1994 |
Xiao-Yang Ding, Grand SP. Seismic structure of the deep Kurile subduction zone Journal of Geophysical Research. 99: 23,767-23,786. DOI: 10.1029/94Jb02130 |
0.63 |
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| 1994 |
Nolet G, Grand SP, Kennett BLN. Seismic heterogeneity in the upper mantle Journal of Geophysical Research. 99: 23,753-23,766. DOI: 10.1029/94Jb01892 |
0.578 |
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| 1994 |
Grand SP. Mantle shear structure beneath the Americas and surrounding oceans Journal of Geophysical Research. 99: 11,591-11,621. DOI: 10.1029/94Jb00042 |
0.634 |
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| 1993 |
Garnero EJ, Helmberger DV, Grand SP. Constraining outermost core velocity with SmKS waves Geophysical Research Letters. 20: 2463-2466. DOI: 10.1029/93Gl02823 |
0.482 |
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| 1993 |
Garnero EJ, Grand SP, Helmberger DV. Low P-wave velocity at the base of the mantle Geophysical Research Letters. 20: 1843-1846. DOI: 10.1029/93Gl02009 |
0.551 |
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| 1993 |
Xiao-Yang Ding, Grand SP. Upper mantle Q structure beneath the East Pacific Rise Journal of Geophysical Research. 98: 1973-1985. DOI: 10.1029/92Jb02175 |
0.482 |
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| 1993 |
Garnero EJ, Helmberger DV, Grand S. Preliminary evidence for a lower mantle shear wave velocity discontinuity beneath the central Pacific Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 79: 335-347. DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(93)90113-N |
0.596 |
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| 1991 |
Schwartz SY, Lay T, Grand SP. Seismic imaging of subducted slabs: trade-offs with deep path and near-receiver effects Geophysical Research Letters. 18: 1265-1268. DOI: 10.1029/91Gl01581 |
0.616 |
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| 1990 |
Frohlich C, Grand SP. The fate of subducting slabs Nature. 347: 333-334. DOI: 10.1038/347333A0 |
0.43 |
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| 1990 |
Grand SP. A possible station bias in travel time measurements reported to ISC Geophysical Research Letters. 17: 17-20. DOI: 10.1029/Gl017I001P00017 |
0.391 |
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| 1987 |
Grand SP. Tomographic Inversion for Shear Velocity Beneath the North American Plate Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 92: 14065-14090. DOI: 10.1029/Jb092Ib13P14065 |
0.572 |
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| 1985 |
Grand SP, Helmberger DV. Uppermantle shear structure beneath Asia from multi-bounce S waves Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 41: 154-169. DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(85)90031-7 |
0.518 |
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| 1984 |
Grand SP, Helmberger DV. Upper mantle shear structure of North America Geophysical Journal-Royal Astronomical Society. 399-438. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.1984.Tb05053.X |
0.609 |
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| 1984 |
Rial JA, Grand S, Helmberger DV. A note on lateral variation in upper mantle shear-wave velocity across the Alpine front ( Europe, Eurasia) Geophysical Journal - Royal Astronomical Society. 77: 639-654. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-246X.1984.Tb02213.X |
0.605 |
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| 1984 |
Grand SP, Helmberger DV. Upper mantle shear structure beneath the northwest Atlantic Ocean Journal of Geophysical Research. 89: 11465-11475. DOI: 10.1029/Jb089Ib13P11465 |
0.583 |
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