P. Schmoldt, PhD - MTNet - DIAS

List of Tables
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5.5. Parameter values for wadsleyite and ringwoodite . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.6. Composition of the Earth’s Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.7. Activation enthalpies and pre-exponential factors for typical mantle materials
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
6.1. Proposed values for the factor β by Mackie [2002] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
6.2. Comparison of inversion algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
6.3. List of commonly-used, freely-available inversion programs for MT data . 129
7.1. Interpretation of the features in their Betic Cordillera subsurface model
by Pous et al. [1999] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
7.2. Crustal layer thickness and seismic velocity below the Tajo Basin in proximity
of the Iberian Massif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
7.3. Depth of the Moho derived from Receiver Function analysis by Julià and
Mejía [2004] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
7.4. Parameters of the thermal model for the Tajo Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
7.5. Rheological properties of the regions relevant for the PICASSO Phase I
investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
8.1. Parameters of the 3D model used to investigate the optimal inversion setting
for the case of two very different geoelectric strike directions in crust
and mantle, and settings used to generate forward response of the model . 172
8.2. RMS misfit for selected inversion models of the synthetic 3D model . . . 181
8.3. Preferential combination of isotropic 2D inversion setting for the case of
the synthetic 3D model used in this study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
8.4. Parameter values used during the 1D anisotropic inversion . . . . . . . . 186
8.5. Parameters used to generate the mesh for the anisotropic 2D inversion . . 191
9.1. Location of magnetotelluric stations and recording duration of long-period
and broadband recording systems used for the PICASSO Phase I processing203
9.2. Separation of the PICASSO Phase I profile into different regions according
to the geological setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
9.3. Station pairs for remote reference processing of PICASSO Phase I data . 206
9.4. Gridding parameters used to create the pseudo-sections from the PICASSO
Phase I datasets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
10.1. Settings used to determine the optimal smoothing parameter combination
in the inversion for Tajo Basin crustal structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.2. Layers of the Tajo Basin lithosphere with estimated average electric resistivity
values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
A.1. Comparison of computation times for different inversion schemes used in
this study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294