Publications & Communications

Articles in Preparation

B. Tauzin, J. Trampert and R.D. van der Hilst (in preparation), Thicknesses of mantle transition zone phase transitions under Western USA and their relationship to mantle dynamics.

B. Tauzin, J. Trampert and R.D. van der Hilst (in preparation), Mantle transition zone Vp/Vs ratio and low velocity layers under Western USA from P-to-S conversions and multiple reverberations.

Articles

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle, G. Wittlinger (2010), Seismic evidence for a global low velocity layer in the Earth's upper mantle, Nature Geoscience, 3, 718-721, doi:10.1038/NGEO969. (url)

J. Ritsema, P. Cupillard, B. Tauzin, W. Xu, L. Stixrude and C. Lithgow-Bertelloni (2009), Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature, Geology, 37, 362-366. (url)

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle, G. Wittlinger (2008), The mantle transition zone as seen by global Pds phases : no clear evidence for a thin transition zone beneath hotspots, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B08309, doi:10.1029/2007JB005364. (pdf)

B. Tauzin, Discussion of Seismic observations of transition zone discontinuities beneath hotspot locations by Deuss (2007), GSA Special Issue: Plates, Plumes, and Planetary processes, vol. 430, ED. G. R. Foulger and D. M. Jurdy.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle and G. Wittlinger (2007), Constraints on the mantle transition zone structure from P-to-Sv converted waves, www.MantlePlume.org, Discussing the origin of “hotspot” volcanism. (url).

PhD manuscript

B. Tauzin (2009), Apport des techniques de fonctions récepteur Ps et de phases précurseurs de SS à l'imagerie du manteau supérieur, 230 pp, PhD manuscript from the Université de Strasbourg, France. (url)

Recent Conference Presentations

B. Tauzin, J. Trampert and R.D. van der Hilst (2010), Mantle Transition Zone Vp/Vs Ratio and Low Velocity Layers Under West US From P-to-S Conversions and Multiple Reverberations, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI51C-1881, Poster.

E. Debayle, B. Tauzin and G. Wittlinger (2010), Seismic Evidence for a Global Low Velocity Layer Within the Earth's Upper Mantle, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI51B-1868, Poster.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle and G. Wittlinger (2009), Seismic Evidence for a Wide-Spread low Velocity Layer Atop the 410-km Discontinuity, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI43A-05, Oral.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle, G. Wittlinger, J. Trampert and R.D. van der Hilst (2009), Challenges in Studying Upper Mantle Seismic Dicontinuities, ORFEUS workshop, Utrecht, Netherlands. Abstract, Poster.

E. Debayle, B. Tauzin and G. Wittlinger (2008), Global Transition Zone Discontinuities and Seismic Heterogeneities Fom Body-Wave Travel-Times and Long Period Surface Waves, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S21A-1801, Poster.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle and G. Wittlinger (2007), The Mantle Transition Zone as Seen by Global Pds Phases: no Clear Evidence for a Thin Transition Zone Beneath Hotspots, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI51B-10, Oral.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle and G. Wittlinger (2007), Global Imaging of Upper Mantle Seismic Heterogeneities and Discontinuities From Observations of Body-Wave Travel-Times and Rayleigh Wave Dispersion, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI53A-1098, Poster.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle, G. Wittlinger and C. Zaroli (2007), Seismic Imaging of Deep Mantle Discontinuities, Statoil International Student Conference. Abstract, Poster.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle, G. Wittlinger (2006), A global study of transition zone thickness, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S53A-1300, Poster.

B. Tauzin, G. Wittlinger, E. Debayle (2005), Global Topography of Transition Zone Discontinuities from SS Underside Reflection and P-to-s Converted Data Sets, Poster, IPGS. Poster.

B. Tauzin, G. Wittlinger, E. Debayle (2005), Depth of upper mantle seismic discontinuities, Poster, SPICE R&T workshop 2. Poster.

Invited Seminars

B. Tauzin (2010), Thickness of phase transitions, low velocity layers, and Vp/Vs ratio within the mantle transition zone under Western USA, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

B. Tauzin (2010), Epaisseur des transitions de phase, couches à faible vitesse, et rapport Vp/Vs dans la zone de transition sous l'ouest des Etats-Unis, Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, France.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle and G. Wittlinger (2010), Challenge in Studying Upper Mantle Seismic Discontinuities, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

B. Tauzin, E. Debayle and G. Wittlinger (2009), Seismic Evidence for a Wide-Spread low Velocity Layer Atop the 410-km Discontinuity, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

B. Tauzin (2009), Apport des techniques de fonction récepteur Ps et de phase précurseurs de SS à l'imagerie du manteau supérieur, IPGP, Paris, France.

 

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