Data Services Products: EMC-ak135-f A velocity reference Earth model

Summary

ak135-f is a variant of the ak135 velocity model, Kennett, Engdahl & Buland (1995) , which is obtained by augmenting it with the density and Q model of Montagner & Kennett (1996) .

Description

Name ak135-f
Title ak135-f velocity model, ak135 full model (spherical average)
Type 1-D Reference Earth Model
Sub Type full model
Year 1995
Short Description   ak135-f is a variant of the ak135 velocity model, Kennett, Engdahl & Buland (1995) , which is obtained by augmenting it with the density and Q model of Montagner & Kennett (1996).
Authors:  
Brian L. N. Kennett
Past President, IASPEI
Research School of Earth Sciences
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
E. Robert Engdahl
Past President, IASPEI
Department of Physics
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Raymond Buland
National Earthquake Information Center
Boulder, Colorado, USA
 
Base Model ak135
Referenced by GyPSum , SAW24B16 and as PREM500 by SAW642AN and SAW642ANb
Model Download  
NOTE: according to the model’s website , the upper mantle density model should be treated with caution and may well change with further work. Please check the model’s website for any additional updates.
 
in comma separated value (CSV) file format (AK135F_AVG.csv ) with columns lef to right representing depth (km), density (Mg/m3), P vel (km/s), S vel (km/s), Qκ, and Qμ
 
in IDV CSV file format (AK135_AVG_IDV.csv )
 
Model Homepage http://rses.anu.edu.au/seismology/ak135/ak135f.html
Depth Coverage 0 to 6371.0 km
Area spherical average Earth model
 

ak135-F average model
ak135-F average model

Citations and DOIs

To cite the original work behind this Earth model:

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:

Reference

  • Montagner J.P. & Kennett B.L.N. 1996. “How to reconcile body-wave and normal-mode reference Earth models?” Geophys. J. Int. 125:229-248.

Credits

  • B.L.N. Kennett, E.R. Engdahl and R. Buland

Timeline

2010-12-09
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