Mapping the lowermost mantle using core-reflected shear waves

  • M. E. Wysession
  • , L. Bartko
  • , J. B. Wilson

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Abstract

A map of laterally varying D″ velocities is obtained for the region from 50°S to 50°N in latitude and 70°E to 190°E in longitude. Velocities are found using an analysis of the differential travel time residuals from 481 ScS-S and 266 sScS-sS phase pairs. The long-period data are taken from the Global Digital Seismograph Network digital waveform catalog for the time period of January 1980 to March 1987. The resulting map reveals significant long-wavelength D″ structure including a 3% low-velocity region beneath northeastern Indonesia, surrounded by three identified high-velocity zones beneath northwestern Pacifica (+4%), Southeast Asia(+3%), and Australia (+3-5%). -from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13,667-13,684
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Volume99
Issue numberB7
StatePublished - 1994

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