A New Joint Inversion Method

Jun 27, 2024 · 1 min read

Knowing the seismic structure of the deep crust helps us understand Earth’s geological history and how continents evolve. However, traditional methods of studying the deep crust face challenges due to tradeoffs that can impact accuracies of the results. In this project, we developed a new joint inversion approach that incorporates stacking of receiver function multiple phases with multiple data sets. The new approach reduces the trade-offs and improves the determination of deep crustal shear velocity, Moho, and Vp/Vs ratio.

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A synthetic example of trade-off

Synthetic Test

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Results obtained using the new method show an improvement in accuracy and a reduction in trade-offs compared to the old method.