Seismic tomography: a window into deep Earth

N Rawlinson, S Pozgay, S Fishwick - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of the art in seismic
tomography, and trace its origins from pioneering work in the early 1970s to its present …

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 …

Transdimensional inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion

T Bodin, M Sambridge, H Tkalčić… - … research: solid earth, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present a novel method for joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave
dispersion data, using a transdimensional Bayesian formulation. This class of algorithm …

Wave front evolution in strongly heterogeneous layered media using the fast marching method

N Rawlinson, M Sambridge - Geophysical Journal International, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The fast marching method (FMM) is a grid based numerical scheme for tracking the
evolution of monotonically advancing interfaces via finite-difference solution of the eikonal …

The fast marching method: an effective tool for tomographic imaging and tracking multiple phases in complex layered media

N Rawlinson, M Sambridge - Exploration Geophysics, 2005 - CSIRO Publishing
The accurate prediction of seismic traveltimes is required in many areas of seismology,
including the processing of seismic reflection profiles, earthquake location, and seismic …

Transdimensional tomography with unknown data noise

T Bodin, M Sambridge, N Rawlinson… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
A meaningful interpretation of seismic measurements requires a rigorous quantification of
the uncertainty. In an inverse problem, the data noise determines how accurately …

Seismic traveltime tomography of the crust and lithosphere

N Rawlinson, M Sambridge - Advances in geophysics, 2003 - books.google.com
Seismic data represent one of the most valuable resources for investigating the internal
structure and composition of the earth. One of the first people to deduce earth structure from …

Lithospheric structure of Tasmania from a novel form of teleseismic tomography

N Rawlinson, AM Reading… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In 2001 and 2002, a temporary array of 72 seismic recorders was deployed across northern
Tasmania (SE Australia), with the aim of imaging the underlying crust and upper mantle …

Crustal architecture of central Victoria: results from the 2006 deep crustal reflection seismic survey

RA Cayley, RJ Korsch, DH Moore… - Australian Journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A∼ 400 km long deep crustal reflection seismic survey was acquired in central Victoria,
Australia, in 2006. It has provided information on crustal architecture across the western …

Steps in lithospheric thickness within eastern Australia, evidence from surface wave tomography

S Fishwick, M Heintz, BLN Kennett, AM Reading… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A series of steps in the lithospheric thickness of eastern Australia are revealed by the latest
seismic surface wave tomographic model and calculations of the horizontal gradient of …