Research & Data Science
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Top Left- Map of the eastern US, showing evidence of anisotropic structure within the deep earth. The bars indicate the directionality and intensity of lithospheric anisotropy inferred from SKS phase arrivals (Aragon, et al. 2017); Bottom Left - A very clear record section showing the SKS phase arrival from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake near Chichi-shima, Japan, recorded simultaneously at MAGIC observatories in Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia; Right - A summary of MAGIC research presented at the American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Journal Articles
10. Liu, S., King, S. D., Long, M. D., Benoit, M. H., & Aragon, J. C. (2023). Receiver function analysis reveals lateral variations in temperature and water content in the mantle transition zone beneath eastern North America. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101965. DOI:10.1029/2022GL101965. [PDF]
9. Luo, Y., Long, M. D., Karabinos, P., Kuiper, Y. D., Rondenay, S., Aragon, J. C., et al., (2021). High-resolution Ps receiver function imaging of the crust and mantle lithosphere beneath southern New England and tectonic implications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB022170. DOI:10.1029/2021JB022170. [PDF]
8. Long, M. D., Wagner, L. S., Evans, R. L., King, S. D., Mazza, S. E., Byrnes, J. S., Gazel, E., Johnson, E. A., Kirby, E., Bezada, M., Miller, S., Aragon, J. C., Liu, S., (2021). Evaluating models for lithospheric loss and intraplate volcanism beneath the Central Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research. [PDF]
7. Lopes, E., Long, M. D., Karabinos, P., Aragon, J. C., (2020). SKS splitting and upper mantle anisotropy beneath the southern New England Appalachians: Constraints from the dense SEISConn array. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. DOI: 10.1029/2020GC009401. [PDF].
6. Gao, H., Yang, X. Long, M. D., Aragon, J. C., (2020). Seismic evidence for crustal modification beneath the Hartford Basin, southern New England. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2020gl089316. [PDF].
5. Long, M. D., Aragon, J. C., (2020). Probing the structure of the crust and mantle lithsophere beneath the southern New England Appalachians via the SEISConn deployment. Seismological Research Letters. DOI: 10.1785/0220200163. [PDF]
4. Long, M. D., Benoit, M. H., Evans, R. L., Aragon, J. C., Elsenbeck, J., (2020). The MAGIC experiment: A combined seismic and magnetotelluric deployment to investigate the structure, dynamics, and evolution of the central Appalachians. Seismological Research Letters. DOI: 10.1785/0220200150. [PDF]
3. Servali, A., Long, M. D., Park, J., Benoit, M. H., Aragon, J. C., (2020). Love-to-Rayleigh scattering across the Eastern North American Margin. Tectonophysics. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228321 [PDF]
2. Long, M. D., Benoit, M. H., Aragon, J. C., & King, S. D., (2019). Seismic imaging of mid-crustal structure beneath central and eastern North America: Possibly the elusive Grenville deformation? Geology, 47, 371-374, DOI:10.1130/G46077.1. [PDF]
1. Aragon, J. C., Long, M. D., and Benoit, M. H., (2017). Lateral Variations in SKS Splitting Across the MAGIC Array, Central Appalachians. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18, 4136 - 4155, DOI:10.1029/2017GC007169. [PDF]
Posters/Talks
King, S. D., Long, M. D., Wagner, L., Evans, R. L., Mazza, S. E., Byrnes, J., Kirby, E., Gazel, E., Johnson, E. A., Bezada, M., Aragon, J. C., Lui, S., Miller, S. R. (2020). The geodynamic Implications of the central appalachian anomaly, Abstract #357203. GSA Annual Meeting. [Abstract]
Lopes, E., Long, M. D., Karabinos, P., Aragon, J. C., (2020). SKS Splitting beneath Connecticut: Constraints from the SEISConn Array. GSA Joint Meeting 2020, Southeastern Section - 69th Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section - 55th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. [Abstract]
Long, M. D., Benoit, M. H., Aragon, J. C., King, S. D., (2020) Seismic imaging of crustal structure beneath Ohio: Possibly the elusive Grenville deformation? GSA Joint Meeting 2020, Southeastern Section - 69th Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section - 55th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. [Abstract]
Long, M. D., Yang, X., Gao, H., Aragon, J. C., Kuiper, Y. D., (2019). T44B-07 Crustal structure beneath southern New England: Influences of subduction, terrane accretion, and rifting. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. [Abstract]
Long, M. D., Aragon, J. C., Yang, X., Gao, H., Goldhagen, G., Ford, H., Kuiper, Y. D., (2019). Modification of lithospheric structure beneath Connecticut via subduction, terrane accretion, and rifting: Insights from the SEISConn experiment. GSA Northeastern Section - 54th Annual Meeting, Portland, ME. [Abstract]
Long, M. D., Aragon, J. C., Ford, H., Yang, X., Gao, H., Goldhagen, G., Kuiper, Y. D., (2018). Modification of lithospheric structure via subduction, terrane accretion, and rifting: Preliminary results from the SEISConn broadband experiment, Connecticut, USA. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D. C. [Abstract]
King, S. D., Long, M. D., Benoit, M. H., Aragon, J. C., (2018). A mid-crustal shear zone associated with Rodinia's formation; Is it too soon to wipe the Grenville Front Lineament from maps?. GSA - 130th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. [Abstract]
Liu S., Aragon, J. C., Benoit, M. H., Long, M. D., King, S. D., (2018). Transition zone structure beneath Eastern U.S. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C. [Abstract]
Long, M. D., Aragon, J.C., Ford, H., Goldhagen, G., Yang, X., Gao, H., Kuiper, Y., (2018). Structure of the crust and upper mantle across northern Connecticut: Preliminary Results from the SEISConn Experiment. Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section - 53rd Annual Meeting. [Abstract]
Long, M. D., Benoit, M. H., Evans, R. L., King, S. D., Kirby, E., Aragon, J.C., Miller, S. R., Liu, S., Elsenbeck, (2017). Structure and Evolution of the Central Appalachians from the Mantle to the Surface: Results from the MAGIC Project. AGU Fall Meeting [Abstract]
Aragon, J. C., Long, M. D., Benoit, M. H., Servali, A., (2016). Seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle beneath the mid-Atlantic Appalachians: Constraints from SKS splitting and quasi-Love wave propagation. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. [Abstract]
Aragon, J. C., Long, M. D., Benoit, M. H., King, S. D., Kirby, E., (2015). Observations of anisotropy from the Mid-Atlantic Geophysical Integrative Collaboration. SSW, Columbia University-Lamont-Dougherty Earth Observatory, NY. [Poster]
Aragon, J. C., Long, M. D., Benoit M. H., Kirby, E., King, S. C., (2015). SKS splitting beneath the MAGIC FlexArray experiment. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. [Abstract]