Summary
A shear velocity model for Salt Lake Valley, UT from the Rayleigh wave ellipticity and phase velocity measurement from Mw 6.5 Idaho earthquake 2020 and earthquake coda cross correlations.
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Description
| Name | SLC-Vs10km-2022 |
| Title | Shear velocity model for Salt Lake Valley, UT, USA |
| Type | 3-D Tomography Earth Model |
| Sub Type | Absolute Vs (km/s) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Data Revision | r0.0 (revision history) |
| Short Description | Rayleigh wave ellipticity and phase velocity measurement from Mw 6.5 Idaho earthquake 2020 and earthquake coda cross correlations were used to estimate Vs in Salt Lake Valley, Vp and Rho used for Markov chain Monte Carlo inversion were calculated from Vs using empirical relationship from Brocher 2005. |
| Authors: | Qicheng Zeng, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah Fan-Chi Lin, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah Amir A. Allam, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah |
| Corresponding Author: | Qicheng Zeng, Qicheng.Zeng@utah.edu |
| Reference Model | Community Velocity Model for Salt Lake Valley |
| Model Download | SLC-Vs10km-2022.r0.0.nc (see metadata) in the Polar Stereographic Projection and in netCDF 3 Classic format. |
| Depth Coverage | 0-10 km |
| Area | latitude: 40.4° to 40.9°; longitude: -112.5° to -111.6°. with 0.005° grid) |
| Data Set Description | Rayleigh wave ellipticity and phase velocity measurement from Mw 6.5 Idaho earthquake 2020 and earthquake coda cross correlations. |
Citations and DOIs
To cite the original work behind this Earth model:
- Zeng, Q., Lin, F.-C., and Allam, A. A. (2022). 3D Shear Wave Velocity Model of Salt Lake Valley via Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity across a Temporary Geophone Array, The Seismic Record. 2(2), 127–136, https://doi.org/10.1785/0320220016.
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.
DOI for this EMC webpage:
https://doi.org/10.17611/dp/emc.2022.slcvss10km-2022.1
References
- Brocher, T. M. (2005). Empirical relations between elastic wavespeeds and density in the Earth’s crust. Bulletin of the seismological Society of America, 95(6), 2081-2092.
Credits
- r0.0 model provided by Qicheng Zeng.
Revision History
revision r0.0: uploaded June 27, 2022.
Timeline
- 2022-06-27
- online
