Superplume from the core-mantle boundary to the lithosphere. Science(2002)
Global anisotropy and the thickness of continents. Nature (2003)
1. Models
Elastic waveform tomography
| SAW12D
|
Whole mantle degree 12 Vsh model, Li and Romanowicz(1996) |
|
Whole mantle degree 24 Vsh model, Megnin and
Romanowicz (2000) |
|
Whole mantle degree 16 Vsv model,
Romanowicz and Gung (2002)
|
Anelastic waveform tomography
| QR19 |
Shear attenuation model of upper mantle. Lateral
resolution equivalent to degree ~ 5. Romanowicz(1995) |
|
Upper mantle degree 8 shear attenuation model,
Gung and Romanowicz(2002) |
Radial Anisotropy waveform tomography
| SAW16AN
|
Degree 16 mantle anisotropic model, Gung, Panning
and Romanowicz(2003) |
2. Theory
Berkeley whole-mantle shear velocity models are derived by Nonlinear
Asympotic Coupling Theory (NACT) (view abstract)
and individual wavepacket technique.
Please feel free to contact us with suggestions for improving this interface or with questions. gung@seismo.berkeley.edu
Last update: 1 May 2003