A three-dimensional full seismic waveform model of Central and Southern Mexico for 5–50 s periods was constructed via adjoint methods

The shear wave velocity model indicated two continuous anomalies in the shallow upper mantle and the lower crust

These anomalies were associated with the ultra-slow seismic velocity zones and the high conductivity regions where slow earthquakes have been identified.

A new reference model for the evolution of normal oceanic lithosphere is proposed

The model is based solely on thermal conduction and yet free of unphysical boundary conditions.

The model incorporates the effects of incomplete viscous relaxation, radiogenic heating, and secular cooling.

We present an alternating inversion scheme combining ambient noise traveltime adjoint tomography with teleseismic full-waveform inversion

We demonstrate the advantage of the alternating inversion over individual inversions using both synthetics and field data in central California

Our model provides new constraints on the geometry of the Isabella Anomaly and helps decipher its origin.

The postseismic transient deformation caused by the 2012 and 2013 events is characterized by both afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation

5+ years of cGPS data constrain a biviscous viscosity structure in the upper mantle asthenosphere under a sliver of Western North America

Additional postseismic campaign GPS data suggest afterslip occurred on both a dipping and a vertical fault plane following the 2012 event

Normal dip subduction of the Nazca plate beneath the Central Andes

Dehydration of the subducted Nazca plate, hydration of the mantle wedge and partial melting of the continental crust

Underthrusting of the Brazilian Shield beneath the southern Altiplano and delamination beneath the southern Puna

A new model for elastic thermobarometry is presented that accounts for the elastic anisotropy and crystallographic orientation of minerals.

The anisotropic elastic model was used to evaluate the suitability of the quartz-in-zircon system for thermobarometric applications.

Isotropic elastic models cannot resolve the strain state of an elastically anisotropic inclusion in an elastically anisotropic host.

A 3-D high-precision relocation method is explored using multiple phases.

Accurate estimates are generated for the burial depths of the North Korean nuclear tests.

The yield is estimated to be 225.7 kt for the largest nuclear explosion at the NKTS based on a data-constrained burial depth of 570 m.

A new geothermal heat flow map of Antarctica is established by adopting a machine learning approach

Input features include both global and regional geological and tectonic information, and heat flow observations

A Gondwana reconstruction shows connections of heat flow at the conjugate margins of East Antarctica

A transient borehole mud flow confirmed the existence of an overpressured aquifer beneath the Nankai Trough décollement off Cape Muroto

The aquifer of ∼5–10 MPa excess pore pressure was distributed over a lateral extent of hundreds of meters

The overpressured aquifer may have been the cause of slow earthquakes observed near the drilling site

Coupled isostatic uplift-erosion modelling explains the outcrop pattern of the Troodos mountains.

Contrasting extents of serpentinization within the Mantle Sequence induced differential exhumation between two serpentinite domains.

Uplifted serpentinite massifs worldwide, reflect the relative contributions of serpentinization-induced isostasy and tectonics.