Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3422305b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 22, CiteID L22305
Physics
Geophysics
6
Seismology: Body Waves, Seismology: Mantle (1212, 1213, 8124), Seismology: Lithosphere (1236), Seismology: Subduction Zones (1207, 1219, 1240), Marine Geology And Geophysics: Plate Tectonics (8150, 8155, 8157, 8158)
Scientific paper
We study the Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the vicinity of Gibraltar. Numerous models have been proposed for that region throughout the last decades, proposing mechanisms that range widely from continental delamination, convective removal, to subduction of oceanic lithosphere. To better constrain upper-mantle structure under the region, we study waveforms of P-waves that traverse the Alboran Sea region between Spain and Morocco. These show dispersive behavior, which, together with early arrival times, confirms the presence of an anomalous upper mantle structure under the Alboran Sea. The dispersion is consistent with that expected from subducted lithosphere. Waveforms of body waves therefore provide a way to better constrain the elusive mantle structure and dynamics of the Alboran Sea region.
Bokelmann Götz
Maufroy Emeline
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