Seismic Velocity Estimation in the Middle East from Multiple Waveform Functionals: P & S Receiver Functions, Waveform Fitting, and Surface Wave Dispersion

Abstract

We demonstrated that SPL waveform data, together with associated phases, are able to constrain crustal and upper mantle seismic wave velocity structures. Forward modeling is done using a reflectivity algorithm and optimization is carried out using an algorithm called very fast simulated annealing (VFSA). The code runs efficiently on multiple processors using MPI routines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA569610

Entities

People

  • Jay Pulliam
  • Michael Pasyanos
  • Mrinal K. Sen
  • R. Gök
  • Ranjana Ghosh
  • Utpal Dutta

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Data Sets
  • Explosions
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Ground Based
  • Middle East
  • Monitoring
  • Multiobjective Optimization
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Optimization
  • Probability
  • Reflectivity
  • Secondary Waves
  • Seismic Waves
  • Surface Waves
  • Uncertainty
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Seismology