Model from Ma & Lowry, USArray Imaging of Continental Crust in the Conterminous United States (Tectonics, 36(12): 2882-2902, 2017)

This directory contains the most commonly-requested model-files of estimated fields described in Ma & Lowry (2017) USArray Imaging of Continental Crust in the Conterminous United States, Tectonics, 36(12), doi:10.1002/2017TC004540, 2882-2902.

Included here:
  • MapHKBig.xyheke contains optimally interpolated estimates of crustal thickness and vP/vS ratio, from joint inversion of seismic receiver functions, gravity and a seismically-derived thermal model of the lithosphere. (Ascii, six columns: Longitude, Latitude, Crustal Thickness (km), 1-sigma uncertainty (km), vP/vS ratio, 1-sigma uncertainty. Images shown below:

    • Crustal thickness (km) from Ma & Lowry.

    Bulk-crustal seismic velocity ratio (vP/vS) from Ma & Lowry.



    If there are other fields described in Ma & Lowry (2017) that you would like to acquire, let me know and I'll provide them/include them here.





This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation's Geophysics and EarthScope Science programs under grants 0454541 and 0955909, and a Utah State University New Faculty Research Grant. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or of Utah State University.

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