Joint inversion of teleseismic delay times and geoid anomaly data: implementation of a computational algorithm to map density variations within the mantle

• Grant number: 13/11908-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geophysics
• Principal Investigator: Naomi Ussami
• Grantee: Carlos Alberto Moreno Chaves
• Supervisor: Jeroen Ritsema
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Michigan, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 09/18511-6 - Joint Inversion of Teleseismic Delay Times and Geoid Anomaly Data: New models for the Lower Crust and Upper Mantle of the Paraná Basin., BP.DR

Abstract

Through this research Project we aim to implement a computational algorithm of joint inversion using teleseismic delay times and geoid anomaly data so that it is possible to model with high-resolution density variations within the mantle beneath the Paraná Basin. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CHAVES, CARLOS; USSAMI, NAOMI; RITSEMA, JEROEN. Density and P-wave velocity structure beneath the Parana Magmatic Province: Refertilization of an ancient lithospheric mantle. GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, v. 17, n. 8, p. 3054-3074, AUG 2016. (09/50493-8, 09/18511-6, 13/11908-3)