A review of misfit functions for adjoint full waveform inversion in seismology

Y Gao, F Tilmann, A Rietbrock - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In seismological full waveform inversion, the choice of misfit functions plays a critical role in
quantifying the discrepancy between observed and synthetic data, affecting convergence …

Full‐waveform tomography of the African Plate using dynamic mini‐batches

DP van Herwaarden, S Thrastarson… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present a seismic model of the Africa Plate, constructed with the technique of full‐
waveform inversion. The purpose of our model is to serve as a foundation for quantitative …

Geodynamic processes of the southeastern Neo-Tethys Ocean and the formation mechanism of the curved subduction system in Southeast Asia

W Ding, R Zhu, B Wan, L Zhao, X Niu, P Zhao… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Southeast Asia is located at the intersection of the Tethys and Pacific domains. The
superimposed effects of the two tectonic domains have resulted in complicated deep …

WUS256: An adjoint waveform tomography model of the crust and upper mantle of the western United States for improved waveform simulations

A Rodgers, L Krischer, M Afanasiev… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We report a new model (WUS256) of radially anisotropic seismic wavespeeds of the crust
and upper mantle of the western United States (WUS) obtained from adjoint waveform …

P and S wave anisotropic tomography of the Banda subduction zone

Y Hua, D Zhao, YG Xu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In subduction zones with slab‐slab interactions, the pattern of mantle convection is very
complex and still unclear. In this study, we jointly invert a large number of P and S wave …

Structure and evolution of the Australian plate and underlying upper mantle from waveform tomography with massive data sets

JI De Laat, S Lebedev, NL Celli… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a new S-wave velocity tomographic model of the upper mantle beneath the
Australian Plate and its boundaries that we call Aus22. It includes azimuthal anisotropy and …

Whole‐mantle tomography of Southeast Asia: New insight into plumes and slabs

G Toyokuni, D Zhao, K Kurata - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present detailed 3‐D images of the whole mantle P wave velocity structure beneath
Southeast Asia and surrounding regions. The results are obtained by applying an improved …

Regional crustal structure of Indonesia from receiver functions

Y Zhang, WD Mooney - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Characterizing the crustal structure of Indonesia is important to gain a better understanding
of its geodynamic evolution and improve seismic hazard assessments in the area. However …

Adjoint waveform tomography for crustal and upper mantle structure of the Middle East and Southwest Asia for improved waveform simulations using openly available …

AJ Rodgers, L Krischer, M Afanasiev… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present a new model of radially anisotropic seismic wavespeeds for the crust and upper
mantle of a broad region of the Middle East and Southwest Asia (MESWA) derived from …

Crustal structure of Borneo, Makassar Strait and Sulawesi from ambient noise tomography

N Heryandoko, AD Nugraha, Z Zulfakriza… - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Borneo and Sulawesi are two large islands separated by the Makassar Strait that lie within
the complex tectonic setting of central Indonesia. The seismic structure beneath this region …