Summary
Taiwan.TTT.KWR.2012 (Kuo-Chen, Wu & Roecker, 2012) is based on a travel-time tomographic method from active- and passive-source experiments of Taiwan Integrated Geodynamic Research (TAIGER) and other permanent seismic networks. Totally, ~2800 stations are used.
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Description
| Name | Taiwan.TTT.KWR.2012 |
| Title | 3D P-wave velocity model of Taiwan from travel-time tomography |
| Type | 3-D Tomography Earth Model |
| Sub Type | P-wave velocity (km/s) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Short Description | Taiwan.TTT.KWR.2012 is based on a travel-time tomographic method from active- and passive-source experiments of Taiwan Integrated Geodynamic Research (TAIGER) and other permanent seismic networks. Totally, ~2800 stations are used. |
| Authors: | |
| Hao Kuo-Chen | |
| Department of Earth Sciences | |
| National Central University | |
| Jhongli, 32001, Taiwan | |
| Francis T. Wu | |
| Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies | |
| University of New York at Binghamton | |
| NY 13902, USA | |
| Steven W. Roecker | |
| Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |
| NY 12180, USA | |
| Previous Model | None |
| Reference Model | None |
| Model Download | Taiwan.TTT.KWR.2012-vp_kmps.nc (metadata) is the netCDF binary for the above model expressed as P-wave velocity in km/s |
| Model Homepage | None |
| Depth Coverage | 0 to 116 km (best resolution 0-60 km) |
| Areal Coverage | Taiwan (latitude: 21.5°/25.496°, longitude: 120°/122.5°) |
| Data Set Description | Kuo-Chen et. al., 2012 |
| Supplemental Information | The supplemental information page for this model contains information on model resolution. |
Citations and DOIs
To cite IRIS DMC Data Products effort:
- Trabant, C., A. R. Hutko, M. Bahavar, R. Karstens, T. Ahern, and R. Aster (2012), Data Products at the IRIS DMC: Stepping Stones for Research and Other Applications, Seismological Research Letters, 83(5), 846–854, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220120032.
To cite the source of this Earth model:
- Kuo-Chen, H., F. T. Wu, and S. W. Roecker (2012) Three-Dimensional P Velocity Structures of the Lithosphere Beneath Taiwan from the Analysis of TAIGER and Related Seismic Data sets, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B06306, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB009108.
- Wu, F. T., and H. Kuo-Chen, K. McIntosh (2014) Subsurface imaging, TAIGER experiments and tectonic models of Taiwan, J. Asian Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.03.024.
To reference the use of this Earth model hosted by EMC:
- IRIS DMC (2015), Data Services Products: Taiwan.TTT.KWR.2012, 3D P-wave velocity model of Taiwan from travel-time tomography, https://doi.org/10.17611/DP/10009346.
To cite IRIS Earth Model Collaboration (EMC) data product or reference use of its repository:
- IRIS DMC (2011), Data Services Products: EMC, A repository of Earth models, https://doi.org/10.17611/DP/EMC.1.
Credits
- H. Kuo-Chen
- F. T. Wu
- S. W. Roecker
Timeline
- 2015-01-06
- added to EMC
