The Central China anomaly (Figure A27) is located in the lower mantle from the core-mantle boundary upwards to a depth of ~1500 km. It was first defined by van der Meer et al. (2010), who separated the slab from the … Continue reading →
Tomographic images and earthquake locations have shown a complex mantle structure below the Caucasus (Figure A26a, b). The Eastern Caucasus is underlain by a northward dipping zone of seismicity with earthquakes reaching more than 150 km depth, which was interpreted … Continue reading →
The Carpentaria anomaly (Figure A25) corresponds to anomaly A8 of Hall and Spakman, (2002; 2004). It lies in the upper part of the lower mantle below the Gulf of Carpentaria below northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. It lies deeper … Continue reading →
The Caroline Ridge anomaly (Figure A23) was identified by Hall and Spakman (2002; 2004) and is draped on the 660 km discontinuity below the Caroline Ridge, north of Papua New Guinea. It lies south of the Mariana slab, but according … Continue reading →
The Carlsberg anomaly (Figure A22) is detached and NNE-SSW trending below the northwestern Indian Ocean and was identified by Gaina et al. (2015) in the top of the lower mantle between 800 and 1400 km depth. The location and depth … Continue reading →
The Caribbean anomaly (Figure A21) is located in the upper mantle below the eastern Caribbean Sea up to the surface at the Lesser Antilles subduction zone where Central Atlantic oceanic lithosphere subducts westward. The anomaly is interpreted as a slab … Continue reading →
The Calabria anomaly (Figure A20) was first documented by Spakman (1986a), and Spakman et al., (1993), and has since been a prominent feature in tomographic models (De Jonge et al., 1994; Piromallo and Morelli, 1997; 2003; Carminati et al., 1998a; … Continue reading →
The Brasilia anomaly (Figure A19) is located below central South America from the deep lower mantle to the Andean trench. It is N-S to NW-SE trending. Above 1175 km it connects to other slabs of the Farallon family of anomalies, … Continue reading →
The Bitterroot anomaly (Figure A18) is detached and located in the upper mantle below western North America, and is hook-shaped at a depth of ~200 km. In tomographic studies it has been imaged to depths of 230-600 km (Schmandt and … Continue reading →
The Bitlis anomaly (Figure A17) is detached and is located below southeast Anatolia in the upper mantle and uppermost lower mantle. It was identified by Zor (2008), as the western Lh1 anomaly, which forms in his model a narrow band … Continue reading →
