P. Schmoldt, PhD - MTNet - DIAS

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302 J-centre profile The J-centre profile is parallel to the G-centre profile, with the difference that the J-centre profile is located on top of the more conductive mantle region (500 Ωm); see Figure 8.4 for location of the stations. The inversion results for the J-centre and Gcentre profiles are very much alike (cf. Fig. A.10), indicating the impracticality of inversions with data decomposed for the crustal strike direction. Depth (km) Profile: J-centre TE Log 10(periods) Log 10(periods) RMS TM SW NE 0 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 50 100 150 200 250 synJ10 synJ09 300 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 Apparent resistivity synJ10 synJ09 synJ08 synJ07 synJ06 synJ05 synJ04 synJ03 synJ02 synJ01 synJ08 synJ07 synJ06 Distance (km) Misfit (Total = 0.63) synJ05 50 synJ04 Phase Log 10(Wm) degrees Log 10(Wm) degrees synJ10 synJ09 synJ08 synJ07 synJ06 synJ05 synJ04 synJ03 synJ02 synJ01 synJ03 synJ02 synJ01 (Wm) 2000 Fig. A.10.: Isotropic 2D inversion results for the ‘J-centre’ profile on top of the synthetic 3D model (see Figure 8.4 for station locations). An electric resistivity interface at crustal depth is located between stations synJ05 and synJ06. Periods between 10 s and 100 s are related to the crust–mantle boundary; see Section 8.2.1 for a description of the model. During the inversion the crust is kept fixed at an electric resistivity value of 100 Ωm. The misfit of the uppermost region originates from the problematic of meeting the cell size requirements for the highest frequencies. A. Appendix

A.3. Auxiliary inversion results for the synthetic 3D subsurface model A.3.2. Anisotropic 2D inversion This Section contains a collection of figures displaying results of anisotropic 2D inversion for the synthetic 3D model that, for the sake of clarity, are only referred to or partly shown in Section 8.3.3. These models illustrate different aspects of the anisotropic 2D inversion approach which are recapped here in brief. Figure A.11 demonstrates the current limitation of the second approach for the anisotropic 2D inversion (isotropic inversion of long period data in the first sequence and anisotropic inversion of short period data in the second sequence). Long period data are sensitive not only to mantle but also to crustal structures and their isotropic inversion in the first sequence yields an erroneous mantle region, which is not altered in the subsequent anisotropic inversion of the second sequence. A third sequence, consisting of anisotropic inversion of data from the whole period range can alter previous mantle structures but introduces anisotropy to the mantle region, therefore contradicting the approach and failing to reproduce mantle structures of the synthetic 3D model. As a result, the mantle region of the anisotropic 2D inversion model is significantly different from the synthetic model and any related responses exhibit an increased misfit. On the other hand, crustal structures are recovered to some degree using anisotropy to image effects of the oblique strike direction at crustal depth, with the highest anisotropy magnitude located at the crustal resistivity interface (between stations pic009 and pic011). The recovery of crustal structures indicates the potential of approach 2, which should be further exploited once recommended anisotropy-zones are included in the inversion algorithm (cf. Sec. 8.3.3). Figures A.12 – A.14 display different results of the anisotropic 2D inversion derived using different sets of smoothness constraints. The best agreement between inversion model and synthetic 3D model is achieved using resistivity gradient regularisation with a lower smoothing parameter (τ=1). Figures A.15 - A.18 show results of anisotropic 2D inversion for other profiles and stations used to test reproducibility of findings for the 3D-crust profile with the pic-stations (Fig. 8.17), of which only parts are shown in Section 8.3.3 (Fig. 8.19). Profiles 3Dcrust-west and 3D-crust-east (Figs. A.17 and A.18) reproduce the resistivity distribution of the 3D model in principle, however, the resistivity interface at mantle depth is less constrained due to large station spacing. Profiles 3D-crust-NS and 3D-crust-EW (Figs. A.15 and A.16), on the other hand, have an equidistant station spacing of 20 km and exhibit an overall good agreement with the resistivity distribution of the synthetic 3D model. Thus, the synthetic subsurface model can principally be recovered using anisotropic 2D inversion given adequate station spacing. 303

302<br />

J-centre profile<br />

The J-centre profile is parallel to the<br />

G-centre profile, with the difference<br />

that the J-centre profile is located on<br />

top of the more conductive mantle<br />

region (500 Ωm); see Figure 8.4 for<br />

location of the stations. The inversion<br />

results for the J-centre and Gcentre<br />

profiles are very much alike<br />

(cf. Fig. A.10), indicating the impracticality<br />

of inversions with data<br />

decomposed for the crustal strike<br />

direction.<br />

Depth (km)<br />

Profile: J-centre<br />

TE<br />

Log 10(periods)<br />

Log 10(periods)<br />

RMS<br />

TM<br />

SW NE<br />

0<br />

-2<br />

-1<br />

0<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

-2<br />

-1<br />

0<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

50<br />

100<br />

150<br />

200<br />

250<br />

synJ10<br />

synJ09<br />

300 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144<br />

Apparent resistivity<br />

synJ10<br />

synJ09<br />

synJ08<br />

synJ07<br />

synJ06<br />

synJ05<br />

synJ04<br />

synJ03<br />

synJ02<br />

synJ01<br />

synJ08<br />

synJ07<br />

synJ06<br />

Distance (km)<br />

Misfit<br />

(Total = 0.63)<br />

synJ05<br />

50<br />

synJ04<br />

Phase<br />

Log 10(Wm) degrees<br />

Log 10(Wm) degrees<br />

synJ10<br />

synJ09<br />

synJ08<br />

synJ07<br />

synJ06<br />

synJ05<br />

synJ04<br />

synJ03<br />

synJ02<br />

synJ01<br />

synJ03<br />

synJ02<br />

synJ01<br />

(Wm)<br />

2000<br />

Fig. A.10.: Isotropic 2D inversion results for the ‘J-centre’ profile on top of the synthetic 3D model (see Figure<br />

8.4 for station locations). An electric resistivity interface at crustal depth is located between stations synJ05 and<br />

synJ06. Periods between 10 s and 100 s are related to the crust–mantle boundary; see Section 8.2.1 for a description<br />

of the model. During the inversion the crust is kept fixed at an electric resistivity value of 100 Ωm. The misfit of the<br />

uppermost region originates from the problematic of meeting the cell size requirements for the highest frequencies.<br />

A. Appendix

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