Zooming in on the core-mantle boundary

Project Information

ZoomDeep

Grant agreement ID: 804071

DOI

10.3030/804071

Project closed

EC signature date 30 August 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 407 784,00

EU contribution

€ 1 407 784,00

Coordinated by

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (25)

Seismic visibility of melt at the core-mantle boundary from PKKP diffracted waves

Author(s): Stuart Russell, Jessica C.E. Irving, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 595, 2024, Page(s) 117768, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117768

Ultra-low velocity zone beneath the Atlantic near St. Helena

Author(s): Felix Patrick Davison, Carl Martin, Rita Parai, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2024, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.22541/essoar.171033291.11375129/v1

Kilometer-scale structure on the core–mantle boundary near Hawaii

Author(s): Zhi Li, Kuangdai Leng, Jennifer Jenkins, and Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Nature Communications, 2022, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30502-5

A New P‐Wave Tomographic Model (CAP22) for North America: Implications for the Subduction and Cratonic Metasomatic Modification History of Western Canada and Alaska

Author(s): A. Boyce, M. V. Liddell, S. Pugh, J. Brown, E. McMurchie, A. Parsons, C. Estève, S. Burdick, F. A. Darbyshire, S. Cottaar, I. D. Bastow, A. J. Schaeffer, P. Audet, D. L. Schutt, R. C. Aster
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 128, 2023, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2022jb025745

Global receiver function observations of the X-discontinuity reveal recycled basalt beneath hotspots

Author(s): Stephen Pugh, Jennifer Jenkins, Alistair Boyce, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 561, 2021, Page(s) 116813, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116813

Multidisciplinary Constraints on the Thermal‐Chemical Boundary Between Earth's Core and Mantle

Author(s): Daniel A. Frost; Margaret S. Avery; Bruce A. Buffett; Bethany A. Chidester; Jie Deng; Susannah M. Dorfman; Zhi Li; Lijun Liu; Mingda Lv; Joshua F. Martin
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.1029/2021gc009764

Seismic Observation of a New ULVZ Beneath the Southern Pacific

Author(s): Zhi Li, Carl Martin, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 129, 2024, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2023jb026941

P diff Postcursors from the Base of the Hawaiian ULVZ

Author(s): Lisanne Jagt, Carl Martin, Florian Millet, Stuart Russell, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: The Seismic Record, Issue 4, 2024, Page(s) 204-213, ISSN 2694-4006
Publisher: Seismological Society of America (SSA)
DOI: 10.1785/0320240016

Mapping structures on the core–mantle boundary using Sdiff postcursors: Part I. Method and Validation

Author(s): Carl Martin, Thomas Bodin, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, Issue 235, 2023, Page(s) 2385-2398, ISSN 0956-540X
Publisher: Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggad340

Mapping structures on the core–mantle boundary using Sdiff postcursors: Part II. Application to the Hawaiian ULVZ

Author(s): Carl Martin, Thomas Bodin, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, Issue 235, 2023, Page(s) 2399-2409, ISSN 0956-540X
Publisher: Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggad345

A high-resolution map of Hawaiian ULVZ morphology from ScS phases

Author(s): Jennifer Jenkins, Sima Mousavi, Zhi Li, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 563, 2021, Page(s) 116885, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116885

BurnMan – a Python toolkit for planetary geophysics, geochemistry and thermodynamics

Author(s): Robert Myhill 1¶, Sanne Cottaar 2, Timo Heister 3, Ian Rose4, Cayman Unterborn 5, Juliane Dannberg 6, and Rene Gassmoeller 6
Published in: The Journal of Open Source Software, 2023, ISSN 2475-9066
Publisher: JOSS
DOI: 10.21105/joss.05389

The root to the Galápagos mantle plume on the core-mantle boundary

Author(s): Sanne Cottaar; Carl Martin; Zhi Li; Rita Parai
Published in: Seismica, 2022, ISSN 2816-9387
Publisher: Seismica
DOI: 10.26443/seismica.v1i1.197

A re-examination of ellipticity corrections for seismic phases

Author(s): Sanne Cottaar; John Rudge; Stuart Russell; Jessica C.E. Irving
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 0956-540X
Publisher: Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific
DOI: 10.17863/cam.89247

The emerging picture of a complex core-mantle boundary

Author(s): Stuart Russell, Jessica C. E. Irving, Robert Myhill, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48939-1

Mantle Wavespeed and Discontinuity Structure Below East Africa: Implications for Cenozoic Hotspot Tectonism and the Development of the Turkana Depression

Author(s): A. Boyce, R. Kounoudis, I. D. Bastow, S. Cottaar, C. J. Ebinger, C. S. Ogden
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.1029/2022gc010775

Multigenetic Origin of the X‐Discontinuity Below Continents: Insights From African Receiver Functions

Author(s): Stephen Pugh, Alistair Boyce, Ian D. Bastow, C. J. Ebinger, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 24, 2023, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.1029/2022gc010782

Receiver function mapping of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath Alaska using scaled 3D velocity corrections

Author(s): A M van Stiphout, S Cottaar, A Deuss
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, 2019, ISSN 0956-540X
Publisher: Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggz360

Geochemical Constraints on the Structure of the Earth's Deep Mantle and the Origin of the LLSVPs

Author(s): Matthew Gleeson, Caroline Soderman, Simon Matthews, Sanne Cottaar, Sally Gibson
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2021, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.1029/2021gc009932

The Transition Zone Beneath West Argentina‐Central Chile Using P ‐to‐ S Converted Waves

Author(s): Luciana Bonatto, Claudia Piromallo, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 125/8, 2020, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2020jb019446

X-discontinuity and transition zone structure beneath Hawaii suggests a heterogeneous plume

Author(s): Matthew Kemp, Jennifer Jenkins, John Maclennan, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 527, 2019, Page(s) 115781, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115781

Detection of a ULVZ in the Central Pacific using high frequency Sdiff postcursors

Author(s): Carl Martin, Stuart Russell, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 648, 2025, Page(s) 119028, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119028

Effects of Heat‐Producing Elements on the Stability of Deep Mantle Thermochemical Piles

Author(s): Robert I. Citron, Diogo L. Lourenço, Alfred J. Wilson, Antoniette G. Grima, Scott A. Wipperfurth, Maxwell L. Rudolph, Sanne Cottaar, Laurent G. J. Montési
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 21/4, 2020, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.1029/2019gc008895

Evidence for a Kilometer‐Scale Seismically Slow Layer Atop the Core‐Mantle Boundary From Normal Modes

Author(s): Stuart Russell, Jessica C. E. Irving, Lisanne Jagt, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 50, 2024, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023gl105684

The morphology, evolution and seismic visibility of partial melt at the core–mantle boundary: implications for ULVZs

Author(s): Juliane Dannberg, Robert Myhill, René Gassmöller, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, 2021, ISSN 1365-246X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggab242

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Deep Earth explorers

Author(s): Jennifer Jenkins, Jess Bartlet, Sanne Cottaar
Published in: Astronomy & Geophysics, Issue 61/4, 2020, Page(s) 4.24-4.25, ISSN 1366-8781
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/astrogeo/ataa055

Unlocking Earth's deep secrets

Author(s): Sanne Cottaar, Carl Martin, Stuart Russell, Lisanne Jagt
Published in: Astronomy & Geophysics, Issue 65, 2024, Page(s) 1.28-1.32, ISSN 1366-8781
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/astrogeo/atad064