Data Services Products: EMC-Midd_East_Crust_1 Regional crustal and uppermost mantle shear-wave velocity model for the Middle East

Summary

Midd_East_Crust_1 is a Regional crustal and uppermost mantle shear-wave velocity model for the Middle East.

Description

Name Midd_East_Crust_1
Version 2020.02.04
Title Regional crustal and uppermost mantle shear-wave velocity model for the Middle East
Type 3-D Tomography Earth Model
Sub Type Absolute S-wave velocity (km/s)
Year 2020
 
Short Description   This model was constructed by inversion of Rayleigh wave dispersion curves obtained using ambient-noise cross-correlations and regional earthquakes from 852 permanent and temporary broadband stations in the Middle East.
Authors:  
Ayoub Kaviani, Institute of Geosciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Anne Paul, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, Grenoble 38041, France
Ali Moradi, Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Paul Martin Mai, Earth Science and Engineering Program, Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Simone Pilia, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Lapo Boschi, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Georg Rümpker, Institute of Geosciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Yang Lu,Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, Grenoble 38041, France
Zheng Tang, Earth Science and Engineering Program, Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Eric Sandvol, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

 
Previous Model None
Reference Model None
Model Homepage
Model Download Midd_East-Crust-1.nc (see metadata ), is the netCDF file for the model
Depth Coverage 0 to 105 km
Area Broader region of the Middle East, including Iranian Plateau, Zagros, Turkish-Anatolian Plateau, the Caucasus, the Arabian Plate, Red Sea, Afar and eastern Mediterranean latitude: 8.0°/44.0° @0.25°, longitude: 24.0°/63.75° @0.25°
 
Data Set Description The model uses group velocity dispersion curves obtained from ambient-noise cross-correlation and regional earthquakes for the 3-D shear-wave velocity structure of the curst and uppermost mantle beneath the Middle East.
Supplemental Information

Examples of shear-wave velocity maps at depths
Examples of shear-wave velocity maps at depths 8, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 70 and 90 km covering the whole Middle East. Note that color scale changes for each map to enhance lateral velocity contrasts.

Citations and DOIs

To cite the original work behind this Earth model:

  • Kaviani, A., Paul, A., Moradi, A., Mai, P. M., Pilia, S., Boschi, L., Rümpker, G., Lu, Y., Tang, Z., and Sandvol, E., 2020, Crustal and uppermost mantle shear-wave velocity structure beneath the Middle East from surface-wave tomography: Geophys. J. Int., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa075.

To cite IRIS DMC Data Products effort:

  • Trabant, C., A. R. Hutko, M. Bahavar, R. Karstens, T. Ahern, and R. Aster (2012), Data Products at the IRIS DMC: Stepping Stones for Research and Other Applications, Seismological Research Letters, 83(5), 846–854, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220120032.

DOI for this EMC webpage:
https://doi.org/10.17611/dp/emcmideastc120

Credits

  • Model provided by Ayoub Kaviani

Timeline

2020-02-06
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