An upper-mantle S-wave velocity model for Northern Europe from Love and Rayleigh group velocities

C Weidle, V Maupin - Geophysical Journal International, 2008 - academic.oup.com
A model of upper-mantle S-wave velocity and transverse anisotropy beneath northwestern
Europe is presented, based on regional surface wave observations. Group velocities for …

EPmantle: a 3-D transversely isotropic model of the upper mantle under the European Plate

R Schivardi, A Morelli - Geophysical Journal International, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We present a new 3-D transversely isotropic shear wave velocity model of the European and
Mediterranean upper mantle obtained by analysis of surface waves. Data used are …

Tomography and velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle in southeastern Europe obtained from surface wave analysis

R Raykova, S Nikolova - Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 2007 - Springer
A set of two hundred shear-wave velocity models of the crust and uppermost mantle in
southeast Europe is determined by application of a sequence of methods for surface-waves …

Shear-wave velocity variations in the upper mantle beneath central Europe

A Zielhuis, G Nolet - Geophysical Journal International, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Summary A new model, EUR-S91, of shear-wave velocity variations in the upper mantle
beneath central Europe and surrounding regions, down to a depth of 670km, is presented …

Upper mantle S-wave speed heterogeneity and anisotropy beneath the North Atlantic from regional surface wave tomography: the Iceland and Azores plumes

S Pilidou, K Priestley, O Gudmundsson… - Geophysical Journal …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
We present a high-resolution Sv-wave velocity and azimuthal anisotropy model for the upper
mantle beneath the North Atlantic and surrounding region derived from the analysis of over …

The contrast in upper mantle shear-wave velocity between the East European Platform and tectonic Europe obtained with genetic algorithm inversion of Rayleigh …

A Lomax, R Snieder - Geophysical Journal International, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Summary The stable, Precambrian East European Platform adjoins the younger, tectonically
active regions of central and western Europe along a distinct crustal boundary, the Tornquist …

The European upper mantle as seen by surface waves

L Boschi, B Fry, G Ekström, D Giardini - Surveys in geophysics, 2009 - Springer
We derive a global, three-dimensional tomographic model of horizontally and vertically
polarized shear velocities in the upper mantle. The model is based on a recently updated …

Regional upper mantle S-velocity models from phase velocities of great-circle Rayleigh waves

JJ Lévêque - Geophysical Journal International, 1980 - academic.oup.com
A linear inversion approach is used to interpret a wide set of great-circle Rayleigh wave
phase velocities in terms of regionalized Earth models. In a first step 'pure-path'fundamental …

A shear wave velocity model of the European upper mantle from automated inversion of seismic shear and surface waveforms

CP Legendre, T Meier, S Lebedev… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We present a new, S-velocity model of the European upper mantle, constrained by
inversions of seismic waveforms from broad-band stations in Europe and surrounding …

Upper mantle structure under western Europe from fundamental and higher mode surface waves using the NARS array

B Dost - Geophysical Journal International, 1990 - academic.oup.com
A generalized inversion of a new data set, consisting of surface wave phase velocities and
Sn traveltimes, has resulted in a new shear velocity and density model for the west …