Structural variation of the oceanic Moho in the Pacific plate revealed by active-source seismic data

A Ohira, S Kodaira, Y Nakamura, G Fujie, R Arai… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
… variability of the oceanic Moho and crustal formation and off-axis magmatic processes. …
require that variation of the Moho reflection character in fast- to intermediate-spread oceanic crust …

The seismic Moho structure of Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean

J Zhang, WW Sager, J Korenaga - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
… One is that the real Moho structure varies from an abrupt vertical discontinuity to a broad
gradient zone. The other explanation is that scattering in the crust results in variable imaging …

Moho depth variation beneath southwestern Japan revealed from the velocity structure based on receiver function inversion

K Shiomi, K Obara, H Sato - Tectonophysics, 2006 - Elsevier
… and the oceanic Moho beneath the Chugoku-Shikoku region. Finally, we discuss the
characteristics of the Moho depth variation and the inhomogeneity of the crustal structure. …

Nature of the transition from continental to oceanic crust and the meaning of reflection Moho

BR Rosendahl, J Meyers, H Groschel, D Scott - Geology, 1992 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
… that we associate with the top of oceanic or pseudo-oceanic crust (pOC in Figs. 2 … Moho
(Fig. 3E), which suggests that slivers of continental fault blocks may be embedded in oceanic

Hunting for oceanic island Moho

GM Leahy, J Park - Geophysical Journal International, 2005 - academic.oup.com
… RFs at these oceanic island stations are characterized by a train of Ps … Moho conversion
typically seen at continental stations. We find that a simple three-layer structure (the old oceanic

Is the oceanic Moho a serpentinization front?

TA Minshull, MR Muller, CJ Robinson… - Geological Society …, 1998 - lyellcollection.org
… defined crust are typical of oceanic layer 3, and the Moho generates wide-angle reflections
(… of the variations in crustal structure along the transverse ridge, this type of structure would …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the Moho depth and ocean-continent transition in the South China Sea using gravity inversion

J Zhang, G Yang, H Tan, G Wu, J Wang - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
… The Moho inversion results indicate that the depth of the MohoMoho surface remains under
the remnant oceanic ridges, with the depth increasing by 2–5 km, and the depth of the Moho

Effect of upper mantle density structure on Moho geometry

R Tenzer, W Chen, S Jin - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2015 - Springer
… that the Moho density contrast under the oceanic crust is highly spatially correlated with the
age of the oceanic lithosphere; the density contrast minima are located along the oceanic rift …

Oceanic crust and Moho of the Pacific Plate in the eastern Ogasawara Plateau region

T Tsuji, Y Nakamura, H Tokuyama, MF Coffin… - Island Arc, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… Abstract To show the structure of oceanic crust and Moho … velocity models for oceanic crust
above Moho were determined. … images of structures within oceanic crust and Moho. South of …

Seismic stratigraphy of the oceanic Moho based on ophiolite models

TM Brocher, JA Karson, JA Collins - Geology, 1985 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
oceanic crust/mantle transition is highly variable, so it is difficult to identify what the particular
Moho … seismic-refraction oceanic Moho and the seismic-reflection oceanic Moho usually do …