Morgan, Gwynfor T., Davies, J. Huw  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-0260, Myhill, Robert, Wookey, James and Panton, James
2025.
A method for the prediction of seismic discontinuity topography from thermochemical mantle circulation models.
Geophysical Journal International
, ggaf344.
10.1093/gji/ggaf344
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Abstract
We demonstrate a method for the prediction of seismic discontinuity topography from thermochemical Mantle Circulation Models (MCMs). We find the discontinuity depth by using the peak reflectivity at each location in our mantle transition zone, taking account of compositional as well as thermal variations. We make some comparisons of our predicted topographies with those observed using SS-precursors, developing a simple smoothing filter to capture the distribution of sensitivity of a published topography model – finding that such filtering has a significant impact on the predicted discontinuity topographies. We also consider the significance of lateral variations in reflectivity or reflection amplitude in our predicted datasets and the real Earth. Finally, we consider what aspects of mantle-transition zone discontinuity structure would be matched by the predicted discontinuity structure from an Earth-like MCM – particularly the mean depths of the discontinuities, the amplitude of the topography and the shape of its spherical harmonic spectra.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Published Online |
| Status: | In Press |
| Schools: | Schools > Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 0956-540X |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 15 September 2025 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 28 August 2025 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2025 10:54 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/181106 |
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