Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989georl..16.1097s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, Oct. 1989, p. 1097-1100.
Physics
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Earth Mantle, Pacific Ocean, Subduction (Geology), Tomography, Random Noise, Seismic Waves, Tectonics
Scientific paper
Results are reported from an investigation of the resolving power of ISC/NEIC P travel-time data in tomographic inversions for the geometry of the subduction zones in the NW Pacific. From thermal models for the Kurile, Janan, Izu-Bonin, Mariana, and Ryukyu slabs, three-dimensional synthetic velocity anomalies for subducting slabs are generated and projected onto a cell model for the uppermost 1400 km of the mantle. These synthetic models are used to compute synthetic delay times for ray paths corresponding to the source and receiver locations used for the actual data, add Gaussian noise, invert the synthetic data, and compare the resulting velocity structure to the initial synthetic models. This comparison is illustrated for sections through the Kuriles and the Mariana arcs. A variety of resolution artifacts are observed, which in many cases resemble features visible in the tomographic results obtained from inverting the actual ISC/NEIC data.
Spakman Wim
Stein Seth
van der Hilst Rob
Wortel Rinus
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