Dynamics of continental lithosphere from seismological imaging and dynamic modeling

The creation, recycling, and maintenance of continental lithosphere and its mainly stable cratonic cores have long been debated. I discuss our recent imaging work for North America and strive to put this in context of the Tibet/East Asia setting, contrasting the Farallon and Tethyan driven tectonic systems, as well as their aftermath as is accessible by current tomographic imaging.

Speaker: Thorsten Becker, University of Texas Austin

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Room 350/372