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Published July 16, 2019 | Version v1.1.0
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VelocityConversion

Authors/Creators

  • 1. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Description

Python implementation of mantle velocity conversion by Goes et al. (2000).

Changes in v1.1:

  • Python 3 support
  • installable via pip and usable as a module
  • added function defaultMineralogy()

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References

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  • Goes, S., R. Govers, and P. Vacher. "Shallow Mantle Temperatures under Europe from P and S Wave Tomography." Journal of Geophysical Research 105, no. 11 (2000): 153–11. doi:10.1029/1999jb900300.
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  • Schaeffer, A. J., and S. Lebedev. "Global Shear Speed Structure of the Upper Mantle and Transition Zone." Geophysical Journal International 194, no. 1 (July 1, 2013): 417–49. doi:10.1093/gji/ggt095.
  • Sobolev, Stephan V., Hermann Zeyen, Gerald Stoll, Friederike Werling, Rainer Altherr, and Karl Fuchs. "Upper Mantle Temperatures from Teleseismic Tomography of French Massif Central Including Effects of Composition, Mineral Reactions, Anharmonicity, Anelasticity and Partial Melt." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 139, no. 1–2 (März 1996): 147–63. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(95)00238-8.