Published 2016 | Version v1
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Inverted Pn and Sn velocity model from "Uppermost mantle structure beneath eastern China and its surroundings from Pn and Sn tomography"

  • 1. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2. ROR icon Australian National University

Description

In this directory, it contains Pn, Sn velocity beneath eastern China in the XYZV format.

Files:
P.xyzv: Pn wavespeed
S.xyzv: Sn wavespeed
The velocity are defined on regular grids with 1 degree by 1 degree with depth interval of 5 km. 

P_0.25.xyzv: Pn wavespeed
S_0.25.xyzv: Sn wavespeed
The velocity are defined on regular grids with 0.25 degree by 0.25 degree with depth interval of 5 km. 


The four columns stand for longitude, latitude, depth, velocity.
100.000000    17.000000    -10.000000    1.500417
100.000000    18.000000    -10.000000    1.502226
100.000000    19.000000    -10.000000    1.501874

P.xyzv ranges <100/140>       <17/60> <-10/200>       <0.526386/8.820347> for longitude, latitude, depth and P wavespeed.
S.xyzv ranges <100/140>       <17/60> <-10/200>       <0.5/5.029679> for longitude, latitude, depth and S wavespeed.

Please note that, Pn and Sn sample the uppermost mantle (downward to about 75km for P and about 65 km for S) well. The model has depth range of -10 km -- 200 km. This is because the inversion is a 3-D inversion, which defines velocity on regular grids in 3-D. Therefore, the mantle at depths 75--100 km for P and 65--100 km are little sampled. The velocity below 100 km should be inherited from the initial model. 

The velocities in continental regions have good resolution of 2-by-2 degree or better in most regions. In oceanic regions, the velocities are inherited from the initial model. For details, please refer to the papers below.

If you use the data, I would appreciate you can cite the two papers below.
Sun, Weijia, and B. L. N. Kennett (2016), Uppermost mantle P wavespeed structure beneath eastern China and its surroundings, Tectonophysics, 683, 12-26.
Sun, Weijia, and B. L. N. Kennett (2016), Uppermost mantle structure beneath eastern China and its surroundings from Pn and Sn tomography, Geophys Res Lett, 43(7), 3143-3149.

If any problems, please do not hesitate to contact me. Email: swj@mail.iggcas.ac.cn 

Weijia Sun

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