Stratification of the earth beneath the Azores from P and S receiver functions

• Main Authors: Silveira, Graça, Vinnik, Lev, Stutzmann, E., Farra, V., Kiselev, Sergei, Morais, Iolanda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science BV 2010
• Subjects: Receiver functions; Hotspots; Mantle transition zone; Azores; Mantle structure beneath; Mid-atlantic ridge; Converted waves; Southern Africa; Rayleigh-wave; Tomography; Velocity; Iceland; Plumes; Lithosphere; Ida; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/1298

Seismic recordings of IRIS/IDA/GSN station CMLA and of several temporary stations in the Azores archipelago are processed with P and S receiver function (PRF and SRF) techniques. Contrary to regional seismic tomography these methods provide estimates of the absolute velocities and of the Vp/Vs ratio...