Constraints on the S wave velocity structure in a continental shield from surface wave data: Comparing linearized least squares inversion and the direct search Neighbourhood Algorithm

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dc.contributor.authorSnoke, J. A.en
dc.contributor.authorSambridge, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentGeosciencesen
dc.date.accessed2014-01-31en
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-05T14:20:22Zen
dc.date.available2014-02-05T14:20:22Zen
dc.date.issued2002-05en
dc.description.abstract[1] In their study of upper mantle structure beneath the Parana Basin of SE Brazil, Snoke and James [1997] concluded, on the basis of a linearized least squares inversion (LLSI) of surface wave dispersion data, that a strong (5% contrast) low-velocity zone (LVZ) beginning at a depth less than 150 km was not required to fit the data. They were unable to establish a quantitative estimate, however, on the maximum depth at which such a LVZ could be resolved by their data. Sambridge [1999a, 1999b] has introduced the Neighbourhood Algorithm (NA), a direct search method for nonlinear inversion which can be tuned to extract information from an ensemble of models in addition to finding a single best fit model. Applying NA to the Brazilian dispersion data quantifies the statistics of the ensemble of models classified as "acceptable'' based on a data misfit criterion and a smoothness constraint. The NA best fit model is not significantly different from the LLSI best fit model, but the analysis of the ensemble of models provides new insights regarding how well constrained the model is. Synthetics runs show that for this data set, our modeling procedures could resolve a strong LVZ that began at a depth of 120 km but could not rule out such an LVZ beginning at a depth of 180 km.en
dc.identifier.citationSnoke, J. A., and M. Sambridge, Constraints on the S wave velocity structure in a continental shield from surface wave data: Comparing linearized least squares inversion and the direct search Neighbourhood Algorithm, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B5), doi:10.1029/2001JB000498, 2002.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2001jb000498en
dc.identifier.issn0148-0227en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25307en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2001JB000498/pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectdirect search methods for nonlinear inversionen
dc.subjectsurface wavesen
dc.subjectcontinental lithosphere-asthenosphere rheologyen
dc.subjectneighbourhood algorithmen
dc.subjectneighborhood algorithmen
dc.subjectsouth-americaen
dc.subjectgeophysical inversionen
dc.subjectafricaen
dc.titleConstraints on the S wave velocity structure in a continental shield from surface wave data: Comparing linearized least squares inversion and the direct search Neighbourhood Algorithmen
dc.title.serialJournal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earthen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden

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