Seismic tomography and the assessment of uncertainty

N Rawlinson, A Fichtner, M Sambridge… - Advances in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Seismic tomography is a powerful tool for illuminating Earth structure across a range of
scales, but the usefulness of any image that is generated by this method is dependent on …

On the use of sensitivity tests in seismic tomography

N Rawlinson, W Spakman - Geophysical Journal International, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Sensitivity analysis with synthetic models is widely used in seismic tomography as a means
for assessing the spatial resolution of solutions produced by, in most cases, linear or …

Next-generation seismic model of the Australian crust from synchronous and asynchronous ambient noise imaging

Y Chen, E Saygin, B Kennett, MT Qashqai… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The proliferation of seismic networks in Australia has laid the groundwork for high-resolution
probing of the continental crust. Here we develop an updated 3D shear-velocity model using …

The mechanisms underpinning Cenozoic intraplate volcanism in eastern Australia: Insights from seismic tomography and geodynamic modeling

N Rawlinson, DR Davies, S Pilia - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cenozoic intraplate volcanism is widespread throughout much of eastern Australia and
manifests as both age‐progressive volcanic tracks and non‐age‐progressive lava fields …

Mapping crustal structure across southern Australia using seismic ambient noise tomography

JP O'Donnell, S Agrawal, CM Eakin, S Thiel… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rocks of southern Australia record over three billion years of Earth's evolution, but the
basement geology is veiled by sediment. Geophysical data are needed to unveil the …

Evidence of micro-continent entrainment during crustal accretion

S Pilia, N Rawlinson, RA Cayley, T Bodin… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Simple models involving the gradual outboard accretion of material along curvilinear
subduction zones are often inconsistent with field-based evidence. A recent study using 3-D …

Bayesian inversion of refraction seismic traveltime data

T Ryberg, C Haberland - Geophysical Journal International, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Summary We apply a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (McMC) formalism to the
inversion of refraction seismic, traveltime data sets to derive 2-D velocity models below …

Crust and upper mantle structure beneath southeast Australia from ambient noise and teleseismic tomography

N Rawlinson, S Pilia, M Young, M Salmon, Y Yang - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
In the last decade, the lithospheric structure beneath southeast Australia has been
intensively studied using passive seismic data from WOMBAT, the largest transportable …

Uppermost mantle structure of the Australian continent from Pn traveltime tomography

W Sun, BLN Kennett - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Past studies of the seismic structure of the Australian continent have dominantly exploited
surface wave tomography for the mantle, with seismic refraction, receiver functions, and …

A New Shear‐Velocity Model of Continental Australia Based on Multi‐Scale Surface‐Wave Tomography

F Magrini, E Kästle, S Pilia… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Australian Seismological Reference Model (AuSREM) represents a state‐of‐
the‐art geophysical synthesis of the Australian continent. To date, its shear‐wave …