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Global Seismic Tomography: A Window into the Earth's Deep Interior
Dr. Barbara Romanowicz, UC Berkeley (KITP Colloquium 9/11/02) 1
3D IMAGING OF THE EARTH’S MANTLE: FROM SLABS TO PLUMES
Barbara Romanowicz
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, U. C. Berkeley
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Dr. Barbara Romanowicz, UC Berkeley (KITP Colloquium 9/11/02) 2
Cartoon from Cazenave, 2002
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(Albarède and van der Hilst, 1999)
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SOME KEY QUESTIONS
❚ Global mantle circulation: 1, 1.5, 2 layers?❚ Fate of subducted slabs in the lower mantle?❚ Role of mantle plumes in global
circulation?❚ Chemical reservoirs in the lower mantle❚ Role of the D” layer in global
thermal/chemical processes?
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Datasets for seismic tomography:
❚ International Seismological Centre bulletins:❘ Over 30 years collection of arrival time data from
several hundred stations around the world❘ No quality control -> statistical averaging to ensure
quality❘ “First arrivals” (P phases) are most reliable
❚ Last 15 years: “broadband”, digital waveform data available on line from several data centers (e.g. IRIS)
GLOBAL TOMOGRAPHIC MODELS
❚ “High-resolution models”
❙ Derived using mostly ISC bulletin data (P wave first arrivals)
❙ Local parametrization (blocks)
❙ ray theory (infinite frequency approximation)
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GLOBAL TOMOGRAPHIC MODELS
❚ “Long-wavelength models”
❙ Mostly S velocity models❘ Surface wave dispersion❘ Normal mode splitting coefficients❘ S, SS, ScS travel times (“Hand Picked”)
❙ Global parametrization (spherical harmonics)
Van der Hilst et al., 1998
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Vasco and Johnson, 1998
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Fukao et al., 2001
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Long wavelength S models
❚ Not as “sharp” in subduction zones❚ Better resolution in upper mantle and under
oceans❚ Better coverage in lower mantle❚ Resolution of low degree heterogeneity❚ Anisotropy❚ Provide insights into slow regions
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Most long wavelength S models
❚ Limitations:❙ Well separated body wave phases only❙ No diffracted waves
❙ Inaccurate sensitivity kernels for body waves
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Towards the future: whole mantle waveform tomography -the UCB approach
❙ compare observed waveforms with synthetics computed using summation of normal modes
❙ perturbation theory: include mode coupling due to 3D heterogeneity
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Asymptotic formalism
❚ along branch coupling : PAVA (standard)
❚ across branch coupling : NACT-> 2D kernels
❚ off-path propagation effects (“focusing”)
SH
SV
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PAVA
NACT
SS Sdiff
Li and Tanimoto, 1993Li and Romanowicz , 1995
PAVA NACT
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Conclusions I: elastic tomography
❚ High resolution P models allow detailed mapping of subducted slabs
❚ L. w. S models “see” the same fast structures as P models in mid-mantle
❚ L. w. S models bring additional information on slow regions
❚ Two major “plumes” with a broad base in D” extending from the CMB high into the lower mantle
❚ The key to better resolution: waveform tomography
INVERSION FOR ANELASTIC STRUCTURE
❚ A waveform approach gives us access to
amplitude information
❚ Attenuation strongly dependent on temperature => additional constraints
❚ Address issues of dispersion due to attenuation
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INVERSION FOR Q STRUCTURE
❚ Iterative inversion for:❙ 1) Elastic structure (align waveform phase)❙ 2) Attenuation structure (match amplitude)
❘ using 3D elastic model and 1D Q model as starting models
❚ So far: upper mantle only
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Romanowicz and Gung, 2002
Q:
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MN ST
Romanowicz and Gung, 2002
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AB CD
Hawaii
Under Pacific: transverse isotropy versus Q
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Conclusions 2: Q tomography
❚ The combination of:❙ Q tomography in the upper mantle❙ Velocity tomography in the whole mantle❙ Anisotropy (Vsh-Vsv and azimuthal)
❚ Brings important insights on the dynamics of the upwelling part of the global mantle circulation
Conclusions 2: Q tomography
❚ Two “superplumes” (south Pacific, Africa)❙ -> rise from the CMB high into the upper mantle❙ -> merge into the low-viscosity asthenospheric
channel❙ -> mix with the slab-pull ridge perpendicular shear
flow to create complex horizontal flow pattern in the central Pacific
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Challenges for the future
❚ Waveform tomography to shorter periods❙ 2D, 3D kernels, converted phases
❚ Improve coverage❙ Ocean bottom, southern hemisphere
❚ Complement inversion with accurate forward modelling in 3D
Spectral element method
Capdevill e, 2000
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Target regions on the ocean floor endorsed by ION(International Ocean Network), 1993
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