Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009geoji.177...81s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 177, Issue 47, pp. 81-92.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Body Waves, Seismic Tomography, Crustal Structure, Asia, Europe
Scientific paper
In this paper, we present inversion results for regional Pg and Sg phases for the Eurasian continent to explore its use for understanding upper crustal velocity structure. Tomographic inversion of traveltimes from first arriving compressional and shear waves for velocity structure has been applied with great success at all length scales, ranging from the laboratory bench-top to the entire Earth, while inversion of later arriving phases has been much more limited. Our inversion is performed using a damped, smoothed LSQR implementation that solves for site and event terms as well as for velocity along great circle paths between the source and receiver. Results are broadly consistent with published upper crustal velocities for Eurasia, with predominantly high velocities in cratonic regions. Generally, but not always, lower velocities are observed in orogenic and extensional areas and in deep sedimentary basins. A spot-comparison of VP/VS from local and regional studies compares well with the ratio of observed Pg to Sg velocities from our study where resolution is high. Resolution is determined through the use of checkerboard tests, and these suggest that in regions where data density is high we can resolve features down to at least 2°, with 4° possible over broader areas. rms residual reductions are on the order of 25 per cent for Sg and 30 per cent for Pg.
Begnaud M. L.
Mackey K.
Phillips Scott W.
Rowe Charlotte A.
Stead Richard J.
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