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Note for HMSL-S06 & -P06

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Description for HMSL-S06 & -P06

  • Seismic tomography model

    • Seismic tomography model: HMSL-S06 and HMSL-P06 (velocity perturbation of S- and P-wave), Houser, C., Masters, G., Shearer, P., Laske, G. (2008) Shear and compressional velocity models of the mantle from cluster analysis of long-period waveforms, Geophys. J. Int., 174 (1), 195-212. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03763.x

  • Color Scale

  • IsoDepth Texture Map

    • S-wave velocity map (depth): 67 km, 156 km, 250 km, 350 km, 465 km, 595 km, 735 km, 885 km, 1035 km, 1210 km, 1410 km, 1610 km, 1810 km, 2010 km, 2210 km, 2410 km, 2610 km, 2798 km

    P-wave velocity map (depth): 67 km, 156 km, 250 km, 350 km, 465 km, 595 km, 735 km, 885 km, 1035 km, 1210 km, 1410 km, 1610 km, 1810 km, 2010 km, 2210 km, 2410 km, 2610 km, 2798 km

    Description for the Earth's surface data

    • Topography: ETOPO1

      • Amante, C; Eakins, B W (2009): ETOPO1, Global Relief Model converted to PanMap layer format. NOAA-National Geophysical Data Center, PANGAEA, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.769615 (Download colorbar (eps), texture (jpg))

    • Moho depth: CRUST1.0

      • Laske, G., Masters., G., Ma, Z. and Pasyanos, M., Update on CRUST1.0 - A 1-degree Global Model of Earth's Crust, Geophys. Res. Abstracts, 15, Abstract EGU2013-2658, 2013 (Download colorbar (eps), texture (jpg))

    • Depth of lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary: LITHO1.0 (Tessellation level 7)

      • Pasyanos, M.E., T.G. Masters, G. Laske, and Z. Ma (2014). LITHO1.0: An updated crust and lithospheric model of the Earth, J. Geophys. Res., 119 (3), 2153-2173, DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010626 (Download colorbar (eps), texture (jpg))

    • Formation time of ocean floor: Agegrid (Earth Byte)

      • Müller, R.D., M. Sdrolias, C. Gaina, and W.R. Roest 2008. Age, spreading rates and spreading symmetry of the world's ocean crust, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q04006, doi:10.1029/2007GC001743 (Download colorbar (eps), texture (jpg))

    • Terrestrial heat flow

      • Goutorbe, B., J. Poort, F. Lucazeau, and S. Raillard (2011), Global heat flow trends resolved from multiple geological and geophysical proxies, Geophys. J. Int., 187, 1405–1419 (Download colorbar (eps), texture (jpg))

    • Geoid height: EGM2008

      • Nikolaos K. Pavlis, Simon A. Holmes, Steve C. Kenyon, John K. Factor, The development and evaluation of the Earth Gravitational Model 2008 (EGM2008), Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117, B4, 2012 (Download colorbar (eps), texture (jpg))

    • Free-air and Bouguer gravity anomalies: WGM2012

      • Balmino, G., Vales, N., Bonvalot, S. and Briais, A., 2011. Spherical harmonic modeling to ultra-high degree of Bouguer and isostatic anomalies. Journal of Geodesy. DOI 10.1007/s00190-011-0533-4 (Download colorbar (eps), texture (jpg) for Free-air anomaly. colorbar (eps), texture (jpg) for Bouguer anomaly)


      for Free-air anomaly.

      for Bouguer anomaly.

    Map Creation

    All the isodepth maps are created by Generic Mapping Tool (GMT) except for an image with cloud.

    GMT: Wessel,P. and W.H.F.Smith, New, improved version of Generic Mapping Tools released, EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. U., vol.79 (47), pp.579, 1998
    Image with cloud: Tom Patterson, www.shadedrelief.com