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Rayleigh wave phase delays and Vsv upper-mantle structure in the Pacific

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British Geological Survey (BGS)
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28 August 2026
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Summary

This repository contains data and inversion results for the SOLA finite-frequency tomography of the Pacific upper-mantle. It is linked to the paper by Latallerie et al., in prep, which follows one from the synthetic tomography paper (Latallerie et al., 2025, Seismica), which both provide more information. The code repository for the finite-frequency SOLA tomography can be found at Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/FranckLatallerie/sola_ffsw.git The dataset consists of Rayleigh wave phase delays (dispersion) measured on vertical component seismograms for earthquake-receiver pairs across the Pacific hemisphere. Phase delays are measured using synthetic reference seismogram computed with normal-mode summation using the MINEOS software (e.g. Masters et al., 2011) in the radial reference model stw105 (Kustowski et al., 2008). Observed seismograms were downloaded from the Earthscope (formerly IRIS) Data Management Center (IRIS DMC, 2012). All network and stations used are listed in the Acknowledgements of the README file. The model represents the vertically polarised shear wave velocity (Vsv) 3D structure of the upper mantle in the Pacific. It is accompanied by full 3D resolution and uncertainty. The 3D tomographic grid is made of voxels of size 2 by 2 degrees laterally, and 25 km vertically, spanning the whole sphere, starting at the surface down to ~400km depth. In the files, the longitude is the fastest varying coordinate, then latitude, followed by radius. The midpoints of the voxels range between 1 and 359 for longitude and between 89 (north) to -89 (south) for latitude, both in steps of 2 degrees, while radius changes from 6358.5 to 5983.5 km inclusive, in steps of 25 km.

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Date added
26 August 2026
Harvest GUID
33ebc8ed-a45d-3522-e063-3050940af48b
Extent (Latitude)
36.8100° to -53.7600°
Extent (Longitude)
-180.0000° to -114.3400°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2025-04-11
Frequency of update
notApplicable
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Responsible party
University of Oxford (originator); EOST / CNRS Strasbourg (originator); British Geological Survey (distributor, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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