Global shear speed structure of the upper mantle and transition zone

AJ Schaeffer, S Lebedev - Geophysical Journal International, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The rapid expansion of broad-band seismic networks over the last decade has paved the
way for a new generation of global tomographic models. Significantly improved resolution of …

Mapping the Moho with seismic surface waves: A review, resolution analysis, and recommended inversion strategies

S Lebedev, JMC Adam, T Meier - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The strong sensitivity of seismic surface waves to the Moho is evident from a mere visual
inspection of their dispersion curves or waveforms. Rayleigh and Love waves have been …

Global adjoint tomography—model GLAD-M25

W Lei, Y Ruan, E Bozdağ, D Peter… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Building on global adjoint tomography model GLAD-M15, we present transversely isotropic
global model GLAD-M25, which is the result of 10 quasi-Newton tomographic iterations with …

S40RTS: a degree-40 shear-velocity model for the mantle from new Rayleigh wave dispersion, teleseismic traveltime and normal-mode splitting function …

J Ritsema, A Deuss, HJ Van Heijst… - Geophysical Journal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We have developed model S40RTS of shear-velocity variation in Earth's mantle using a new
collection of Rayleigh wave phase velocity, teleseismic body-wave traveltime and normal …

Global adjoint tomography: first-generation model

E Bozdağ, D Peter, M Lefebvre… - … Supplements to the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present the first-generation global tomographic model constructed based on adjoint
tomography, an iterative full-waveform inversion technique. Synthetic seismograms were …

Mantle dynamics and seismic anisotropy

MD Long, TW Becker - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Observations of seismic anisotropy yield some of the most direct constraints available on
both past and present-day deformation in the Earth's mantle. Insight into the character of …

Seismic and electrical signatures of the lithosphere–asthenosphere system of the normal oceanic mantle

H Kawakatsu, H Utada - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Although plate tectonics started as a theory of the ocean basins nearly 50 years ago, the
mechanical details of how it works are still poorly known. Our understanding of these details …

Savani: A variable resolution whole‐mantle model of anisotropic shear velocity variations based on multiple data sets

L Auer, L Boschi, TW Becker… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present a tomographic model of radially anisotropic shear velocity variations in the
Earth's mantle based on a new compilation of previously published data sets and a variable …

Multiscale full waveform inversion

A Fichtner, J Trampert, P Cupillard… - Geophysical Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We develop and apply a full waveform inversion method that incorporates seismic data on a
wide range of spatio-temporal scales, thereby constraining the details of both crustal and …

An anisotropic shear velocity model of the Earth's mantle using normal modes, body waves, surface waves and long-period waveforms

P Moulik, G Ekström - Geophysical Journal International, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We use normal-mode splitting functions in addition to surface wave phase anomalies, body
wave traveltimes and long-period waveforms to construct a 3-D model of anisotropic shear …