Mapping the Hawaiian plume conduit with converted seismic waves

X. Li, R. Kind (), K. Priestley, S. V. Sobolev, F. Tilmann, X. Yuan and M. Weber
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X. Li: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
R. Kind: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
K. Priestley: Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge
S. V. Sobolev: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
F. Tilmann: Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge
X. Yuan: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
M. Weber: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

Nature, 2000, vol. 405, issue 6789, 938-941

Abstract: Abstract The volcanic edifice of the Hawaiian islands and seamounts, as well as the surrounding area of shallow sea floor known as the Hawaiian swell, are believed to result from the passage of the oceanic lithosphere over a mantle hotspot1,2,3. Although geochemical and gravity observations indicate the existence of a mantle thermal plume beneath Hawaii4,5,6, no direct seismic evidence for such a plume in the upper mantle has yet been found. Here we present an analysis of compressional-to-shear (P-to-S) converted seismic phases, recorded on seismograph stations on the Hawaiian islands, that indicate a zone of very low shear-wave velocity (

Date: 2000
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