Publications

Ian Bastow's Publications

In Preparation

Villamaire, M., Darbyshire, F.A. & I.D. Bastow, 3D mantle structure of the eastern Canadian Shield and northeastern Appalachians from P-wave travel time tomography EPSL, in prep 2012.

R.S.M. De Plaen & I.D. Bastow, Mantle Seismic Anisotropy in Cameroon: Implications for the Breakup of Gondwana and the Development of the Cameroon Volcanic Line Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., in prep 2012.

I.D. Bastow et al., Upper mantle seismic structure of the Canadian Shield: evidence from northern Hudson Bay Geophys. J. Int., in prep 2012.

I.D. Bastow et al., Shear wave splitting in the Sierra Nevada: a region of incipient lithospheric foundering. Geosphere, in prep 2012.

In Review/Revision

A. Pawlak, D.W. Eaton, F. Darbyshire, S. Lebedev & I.D. Bastow, Crustal anisotropy beneath Hudson Bay from ambient-noise tomography: evidence for post-orogenic lower-crustal flow? J. Geophys. Res., in review 2012.

R.J. Gallacher & I.D. Bastow, Receiver Function Constraints on Crustal Structure in Cameroon: Implications for Basement Development and Magmatism Along the Cameroon Volcanic Line. Tectonics, in revision 2012.

I.D. Bastow Relative travel-time tomography and the elusive background mean. Geophys. J. Int., in revision 2012.

2012

T.O. Rooney, C. Herzberg & I.D. Bastow. Elevated mantle temperature beneath East Africa. Geology, G32382, doi:10.1130/G32382.1, 2012.

2011

I.D. Bastow, J-M. Kendall, A.M. Brisbourne, D.B. Snyder, D. Thompson, D. Hawthorne, G.R. Helffrich, J. Wookey, A. Horleston, D. Eaton. The Hudson Bay Lithospheric Experiment. Astronomy & Geophysics, 6.21-6.24, doi:10.1111/j.1468-4004.2011.52621.x, 2011.

I.D. Bastow & D. Keir. The protracted development of the continent-ocean transition in Afar. Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/NGEO01095, 2011.

I.D. Bastow, D. Thompson, J. Wookey, J-M. Kendall, G. Helffrich, D. Snyder, D. Eaton & F. Darbyshire. Precambrian Plate Tectonics: Seismic Evidence from Northern Hudson Bay. Geology, G31396, doi:10.1130/G31396.1, 2011.

I.D. Bastow, D. Keir & E. Daly, The Ethiopia Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment (EAGLE): Probing the transition from continental rifting to incipient seafloor spreading, in Beccaluva, L., Bianchini, G., and Wilson, M., eds., Volcanism and Evolution of the African Lithosphere: Geological Society of America Special Paper 478, 1-26, doi:10.1130/2011.2478(04), 2011.

J. Biggs, I.D. Bastow, D. Keir & E. Lewi. Pulses of deformation reveal frequently recurring shallow magmatic activity beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., doi:10.1029/2011GC003662, 2011.

T.O. Rooney, I.D. Bastow & D. Keir. Insights into Extensional Processes During Magma Assisted Rifting: Evidence from Aligned Scoria Cones and Maars. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.07.019, 83-96, 2011.

S. Fishwick & I.D. Bastow. Towards a better understanding of African topography: A review of passive-source seismic studies of the African crust and upper mantle, in Out of Africa: a synopsis of 3.8 Ga of Earth History, eds. van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Buiter, S., Torsvik, T.H., Gaina, C. and Webb, S., Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub., 357, 343-371, doi:10.1144/SP357.19, 2011.

D.A. Thompson, G. Helffrich, I.D. Bastow, J. Wookey, J-M. Kendall, D. Eaton & D. Snyder. Implications of a simple mantle transition zone beneath cratonic North America. Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 312, 28-36, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.037, 2011.

D. Keir, C. Pagli, I.D. Bastow & A. Ayele. The magma-assisted removal of Arabia in Afar: evidence from dike injection in the Ethiopian rift captured using InSAR and seismicity. Tectonics, doi:10.1029/2010TC002785, 2011.

A. Pawlak, Eaton, D., I.D. Bastow, J-M., Kendall, G. Helffrich, J. Wookey & D. Snyder. Crustal structure beneath Hudson Bay from ambient-noise tomography: Implications for basin formation, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04828.x, 2011.

J.P. O'Donnell, E. Daly, C. Tiberi, I.D. Bastow, B.M. O'Reilly, P.W. Readman & F. Hauser. Lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction beneath Ireland from joint inversion of teleseismic P-wave delay times and GRACE gravity. Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04921.x, 2011.

2010

D. Thompson, I.D. Bastow, J-M. Kendall, G. Helffrich, J. Wookey, D. Snyder & D. Eaton. Precambrian Crustal Evolution: Seismic Constraints from the Canadian Shield. Earth Planet Sci. Letts., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.021, 2011.

I.D. Bastow, S. Pilidou, J-M., Kendall & G.W. Stuart. Melt-Induced Seismic Anisotropy and Magma Assisted Rifting in Ethiopia: Evidence from Surface Waves. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., Q0AB05, doi:10.1029/2010GC003036, 2010.

2009

D. Keir, I.D. Bastow, E. Daly, D. Cornwell & K.A. Whaler. Lower-crustal earthquakes near the Ethiopian rift induced by magmatic processes. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., doi:10.1029/2009GC002382, 2009.

J. Di Leo, I.D. Bastow & G. Helffrich. Nature of the Moho beneath the Scottish Highlands from a receiver function perspective. Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.014, 2009.

2008

I.D. Bastow, A.A. Nyblade, G.W. Stuart, T. Rooney & M.H. Benoit. Upper Mantle Seismic Structure Beneath the Ethiopian Hotspot: Rifting at the Edge of the African Low Velocity Anomaly. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9(12), doi:10.1029/2008GC002107), 2008.
Additional images from the tomographic models presented in this paper are available here.

E. Daly, D. Keir, C.J. Ebinger, G.W. Stuart, I.D. Bastow & A. Ayele. Crustal tomographic imaging of a transitional continental rift: the Ethiopian Rift. Geophys. J. Internat., 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03682.x, 2008.

2007

I.D. Bastow, T.J. Owens, G. Helffrich & J.H. Knapp. Spatial and temporal constraints on sources of seismic anisotropy: Evidence from the Scottish Highlands. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, doi:10.1029/2006GL028911, 2007.

A. Ayele, G.W. Stuart, I.D. Bastow & D. Keir. The August 2002 earthquake sequence in north Afar: insights into the neotectonics of the Danakil microplate. J. Afr. Earth Sci., 48, 70-79, doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.06.011, 2007.

T.O. Rooney, T. Furman, I.D. Bastow, D. Ayalew & G. Yirgu. Lithospheric modification during crustal extension in the Main Ethiopian Rift. J. Geophys. Res., 112, B10201, doi:10.1029/2006JB004916, 2007.

2006

J.-M. Kendall, S. Pilidou, D. Keir, I.D. Bastow, Stuart G.W. & A. Ayele. Mantle upwellings, melt migration and the rifting of Africa: Insights from seismic anisotropy, in The Structure and Evolution of the East African Rift System in the Afar Volcanic Province, eds. Yirgu, G., Ebinger, C.J. & Maguire, P.K.H. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub., 259:271–293, 2006. (note - 22Mb).

G.W. Stuart, I.D. Bastow & C.J. Ebinger. Crustal structure of the northern Main Ethiopian rift from receiver function studies, in The Structure and Evolution of the East African Rift System in the Afar Volcanic Province, eds. Yirgu, G., Ebinger, C.J. & Maguire, P.K.H. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Pub., 259:271–293, 2006.

2005

I.D. Bastow, G.W. Stuart, J-M. Kendall & C.J. Ebinger. Upper-mantle seismic structure in a region of incipient continental breakup: northern Ethiopian rift. Geophys. J. Internat., doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02666.x, 2005.

J.-M. Kendall, G.W. Stuart, C.J. Ebinger, I.D. Bastow & D. Keir. Magma assisted rifting in Ethiopia. Nature, doi:10.1038/nature03161 433:146–148, 2005.

I.D. Bastow. Upper-mantle seismic structure in a region of incipient continental break-up: northern Ethiopian rift. PhD thesis, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2005.

2001

I.D. Bastow. A comparison of seismic moment tensors to tectonic deformations in the north Pacific. Master's thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, 2001.

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