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Depth: 35 – 100 km (lithospheric-mantle)<br />

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Depth: 35 – 120 km (lithospheric-mantle)<br />

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Depth: 140 – 300 km (asthenosphere)<br />

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Multi-strike<br />

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Tajo Basin<br />

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All stations Tajo Basin<br />

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All stations Tajo Basin<br />

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All stations Tajo Basin<br />

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Fig. 9.10.: RMS misfit for different geoelectric strike directions of stations recorded during PICASSO Phase I, using data in the<br />

Niblett-Bostick depth ranges 35 – 100, 35 – 120, and 140 – 300 km; shown in the inset. Empty spaces are due to lack of data for this<br />

depth range at the respective station. Also shown in the top right corner is the optimal common geoelectric strike direction clockwise<br />

from North calculated for all stations and for stations in the Tajo Basin only; indicated by dashed and dotted white lines in the main<br />

plot, respectively. Assignment of stations to the different geological regions, displayed on the bottom of the plot, is based on their<br />

location in respect to geological units of the USGS EnVision map for Europe (Fig. 9.1), CIZ: Central Iberian Zone, part of the Iberian<br />

Massif. See text for further details.<br />

Intra-mantle depth<br />

As for the crust, directional distribution of the RMS misfit is investigated in more detail<br />

for regions within the mantle by subdividing the respective depth range into layers related<br />

to lithospheric-mantle and asthenosphere. No detailed information is available about the<br />

lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) depth in this region, but from seismic data it<br />

can be inferred, that the LAB is likely to be found within the depth range 110 – 130 km<br />

(Sec. 7.3.2). Therefore, one section spanning from 140 km to 300 km, representing the<br />

asthenosphere, and two sections related to the lithospheric-mantle, extending down to<br />

100 km and 120 km, are investigated (Fig. 9.10).<br />

Similar to the crust, the Tajo Basin exhibits an overall lower RMS misfit and an apparent<br />

optimal direction. Of those stations, the RMS misfit is in general higher for the<br />

odd-numbered stations, equipped with broadband and long-period systems, than for the<br />

data from even-numbered stations, recorded by broadband systems only. The difference<br />

in behaviour is due to the fact that data from sites with broadband stations only are less<br />

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