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P Velocity Perturbations<br />

124˚W 120˚W 116˚W 112˚W 108˚W<br />

NWUS11b_P<br />

Depth = 200 km<br />

Mantle<br />

Tomography<br />

• 48˚N 48˚N<br />

Apparent gap in Juan<br />

de Fuca slab<br />

(inversion artifact)<br />

44˚N<br />

40˚N<br />

44˚N<br />

40˚N<br />

• High velocities<br />

beneath cratonic<br />

North America<br />

• Low velocities<br />

beneath central<br />

Oregon and SRP/Y<br />

36˚N<br />

36˚N<br />

-1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5<br />

Velocity Perturbation (%)<br />

• Central Nevada<br />

anomaly<br />

Roth et al., GRL, 2008;<br />

James et al., submitted to EPSL, 2011

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