A N-S striking, steeply east-dipping anomaly has been described below the West Burma block (Figure A16) by Huang and Zhao (2006), Li et al. (2008), Zhao and Ohtani (2009), Pesicek et al. (2010), Replumaz et al. (2010a), and Koulakov (2011). … Continue reading →
The Bering Sea anomaly (Figure A15) is located below the Bering Sea, is detached, and is flat-lying at the 660-km discontinuity. Towards the south it is close to, but separated from the Aleutian slab. Towards the west, it is close … Continue reading →
The Beaufort anomaly (Figure A14) is located below North Alaska and the Beaufort Sea within the deep mantle. It was first identified in van der Meer et al. (2010) and subsequently Shephard et al. (2014) interpreted its dynamic evolution based on … Continue reading →
The Banda anomaly (Figure A13) is interpreted as an amphitheatre-shaped, south-, west-, and north-dipping slab that underlies the Banda Sea in southeast Indonesia and that is still, connected to the surface in the north, east, and south. It was first … Continue reading →
The Balkan anomaly (Figure A12) is located below south-eastern Europe and overlies the core-mantle boundary. It was first identified in van der Meer et al. (2010). The Emporios slab and Mesopotamia slab to the northeast, both higher in the mantle and … Continue reading →
The Atlantis anomaly (Figure A11) is located below the central Atlantic Ocean, covers the core-mantle boundary, and was first identified in van der Meer et al. (2010). For instance, the Cocos slab and other slabs of the Farallon family higher … Continue reading →
The Arafura anomaly (Figure A10) was defined corresponds to anomaly A6 of (Hall and Spakman, 2002; 2004). It is interpreted as a NNW-SSE trending slab, flat-lying at the top of the lower mantle and the base of the upper mantle … Continue reading →
The Antalya anomaly (Figure A8) is interpreted as a N-S striking, eastward dipping slab dipping below the Bay of Antalya and the western Taurides of southern Turkey. It was first shown in De Boorder et al., 1998), and later, in … Continue reading →
The Anhui anomaly (Figure A7) is located in the upper part of the lower mantle and lower part of upper mantle below southeastern China. It has previously been imaged by Wei et al. (2012), who suggested it may represent Pacific … Continue reading →
The Alps anomaly (Figure A6) was first detected by Spakman (1986b), Kissling (1993) and Kissling and Spakman (1996) and was interpreted by Spakman and Wortel (2004) as the remnant of the Piemonte-Ligurian ocean that subducted in the Alps. The Alps … Continue reading →
