Example of seismically imaged ancient continental lithospheric sutures

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• Title: Example of seismically imaged ancient continental lithospheric sutures
• Description: Example of seismically imaged ancient continental lithospheric sutures that have persisted into the present. The left-most portion of the figure shows lithospheric fabric from the controlled vibroseis source SNORCLE experiment. The right part of the figure, based on passive-source imaging of signals from distant earthquakes, shows these sutures extending under the ~ 2.7 Ga Slave craton in western Canada to depths exceeding 200 km. (Image courtesy of M. Bostock.)
• File name: GC7b.jpg
• Owner: Rick Callender
• Dimensions: 2073 x 1299 px
• Tags: Seismological_Grand_Challenges, Long_Range_Science_Plan

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