ak135: ak135 Earth Model

In TauP.R: Earthquake Traveltime Calculations for 1-D Earth Models

Description

Planet model using the data from the ak135 1-D model.

Usage

data(ak135)

Format

List with following elements:

z

Sample depths (km)

vp

Sample P wave velocities (km/s)

vs

Sample S wave velocities (km/s)

rho

Sample densities (kg/m^3)

qp

P attenuation

qs

S attenuation

name

Model name

rp

Planet radius

year

Year published

conr

Depth to Conrad (upper crust/lower crust) discontinuity

moho

Depth to Mohorovicic (top of mantle) discontinuity

d410

Depth to top of transition zone

d520

Depth to olivine beta-gamma transition

d660

Depth to top of lower mantle

cmb

Depth to core-mantle boundary

icb

Depth to inner core boundary

References

Kennett, B.L.N. Engdahl, E.R. & Buland R., 1995. Constraints on seismic velocities in the Earth from travel times, Geophys J Int, 122, 108-124 <doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb03540.x>

Examples

data(ak135)

Earthplot(ak135)

Traveltime('P', 60, 0, ak135)

Example output

$tt
[1] 608.188

$p
[1] 6.872052

$angles
[1] 21.00508

$dists
[1] 59.99999

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