Khachatur Meliksetian

Dr. Khachatur Meliksetian

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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2022 in Quaternary Science Reviews
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MRMary Robles
Mary Robles
OPOdile Peyron
Odile Peyron
EBElisabetta Brugiapaglia
Elisabetta Brugiapaglia
GMGuillemette Ménot
Guillemette Ménot
LDLucas Dugerdil
Lucas Dugerdil
SJSébastien Joannin
Sébastien Joannin

6 April 2023 in Gondwana Research
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INIgor Nikogosian
Igor Nikogosian
AGAntoine J.J. Bracco Gartner
Antoine J.J. Bracco Gartner
PMPaul R.D. Mason
Paul R.D. Mason
DHDouwe J.J. van Hinsbergen
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen
KKKlaudia F. Kuiper
Klaudia F. Kuiper
KMKhachatur Meliksetian
Khachatur Meliksetian

1 December 2019 in Quaternary Science Reviews
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JSJ.E. Sherriff
J.E. Sherriff
KWK.N. Wilkinson
K.N. Wilkinson
DADaniel Adler
Daniel Adler
DAD. Arakelyan
D. Arakelyan
EBE.J. Beverly
E.J. Beverly
RTR.G.O. Timms
R.G.O. Timms

1 July 2014 in Journal of Archaeological Science
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EFEllery Frahm
Ellery Frahm
JFJoshua M. Feinberg
Joshua M. Feinberg
BSBeverly A. Schmidt-Magee
Beverly A. Schmidt-Magee
KWKeith Wilkinson
Keith Wilkinson
BGBoris Gasparyan
Boris Gasparyan
DADaniel Adler
Daniel Adler

1 October 2021 in Quaternary Geochronology
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KMKhachatur Meliksetian
Khachatur Meliksetian
INIain Neill
Iain Neill
DBDan Barfod
Dan Barfod
EMEilidh J.M. Milne
Eilidh J.M. Milne
EWEmma C. Waters
Emma C. Waters
AKArkady Karakhanian
Arkady Karakhanian

25 August 2020 in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
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CLChih‐Ming Lin
Chih‐Ming Lin
TTTai‐Lin Tseng
Tai‐Lin Tseng
KMKhachatur Meliksetian
Khachatur Meliksetian
AKArkady Karakhanyan
Arkady Karakhanyan
BHBor-Shouh Huang
Bor-Shouh Huang
ALAra Levonyan
Ara Levonyan
The Arabia‐Eurasia continental collision created the Caucasus Mountains and the Anatolian and Iranian plateaus. Between the two plateaus, the Armenian Highland features young Holocene‐aged volcanoes. In this study, the P‐wave receiver functions from a new seismic array reveal a thick crust (up to ~52 km thick) beneath the Central Greater Caucasus and an unusually thin crust (32–35 km thick) beneath the northwestern part of Armenia near the Aragats stratovolcano and Gegham volcanic ridge formed by Pleistocene to Holocene monogenetic cinder cones. The average crustal VP/VS ratio in the Armenian Highland is anomalously high (≥1.9), with the highest value approaching 2.1 under the Gegham Ridge. Such high VP/VS ratios cannot be explained by an overall mafic crustal composition. Instead, the presence of partial melts is inferred in the lower crust based on the depth of the low‐velocity structure obtained by inversion of receiver function waveforms. Our study suggests that the postcollisional volcanism was potentially facilitated by the small‐scale removal of lithospheric mantle, resulting in a localized thinner crust balanced by thermal buoyancy and dynamic flow in the uppermost mantle beneath the Armenian Highland.