Published February 11, 2026 | Version v1
Dataset Embargoed

Finite frequency ambient noise tomography of central and southern Africa

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Washington University in St. Louis
  • 2. ROR icon Southern University of Science and Technology
  • 3. EDMO icon University of Tasmania
  • 4. China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Description

  1. RC_datasets: Rayleigh wave dispersion curves (phase velocity) from 12s to 50s.
  2. NCCFs_ex: Examples of noise cross correlation functiions (soon). 
  3. Africa_crust_Vsv:  Crustal shear wave velocity models from transdimension probabilitic inversion (soon).
  4. Africa_UM_Vsv: Upper mantle shear wave velocity models from transdimension probabilitic inversion (soon).

Files

Embargoed

The files will be made publicly available on September 1, 2026.

Additional details

References

  • Ben-Mansour, W, Yang, Y, Afonso, JC, Zhao, K (2026), Finite frequency ambient noise tomography of central and southern Africa, Seismica, , submission expected summer 2026.
  • Ben-Mansour, W, Fomin, I, Afonso, JC, Fadel, I, Yang, Y, Nyblade, AA, Durrheim, R, Patiman, F, Hansen, S. (2026), Full 3-D imaging of the crust and upper mantle of central and southern Africa from Bayesian Monte Carlo joint inversion, Gondwana Research, submission expected summer 2026.
  • Afonso, JC, Ben-Mansour, W, O'Reilly, SY, Griffin, WL, Salajeghegh, F, Foley, S, Begg, G, Selway, K, Macdonald, A, Januszczak, N, Fomin, I, Nyblade, AA, Yang, Y. (2022), Thermochemical structure and evolution of cratonic lithosphere in central and southern Africa. Nature Geosciences, 15 (5), 405-410.