Time-domain approach for the transient responses in stratified viscoelastic Earth models

Details Time-domain approach for the transient responses in stratified viscoelastic Earth models Time-domain approach for the transient responses in stratified viscoelastic Earth models

May 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995georl..22.1285h&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 22, no. 10, p. 1285-1288

Mathematics

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Algorithms, Earth Mantle, Earth Planetary Structure, Mathematical Models, Stratification, Viscoelasticity, Density Distribution, Gravitation, Momentum Theory, Relaxation Method (Mathematics), Spherical Harmonics

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We have developed the numerical algorithm for the computation of transient viscoelastic responses in the time domain for a radially stratified Earth model. Stratifications in both the elastic parameters and the viscosity profile have been considered. The particular viscosity profile employed has a viscosity maximum with a constrast of O(100) in the mid lower mantle. The distribution of relaxation times reveals the presence of a continuous spectrum situated between O(100) and O(exp 4) years. The principal mode is embedded within this continuous spectrum. From this initial-value approach we have found that for the low degree harmonics the non-modal contributions are comparable to the modal contributions. For this viscosity model the differences between the time-domain and normal-mode results are found to decrease strongly with increasing angular order. These calculations also show that a time-dependent effective relaxation time can be defined, which can be bounded by the relaxation times of the principal modes.

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