| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Lithosphere-asthenosphere boundaries beneath continental and oceanic regions are estimated from high-resolution 3-D S wave speed models derived from simultaneous inversions of multi-mode Love and Rayleigh waves. We also investigated the effects of arbitrary selection of independent parameters for radial anisotropy of shear waves. New radial anisotropy models in Australia and Pacific regions exhibit conspicuous radial anisotropy with SH>SV in the asthenosphere, indicating the effects of strong shear at the base of the fast drifting lithosphere. We also found that the estimated depths of Mid-Lithosphere Discontinuity (MLD) in the continental lithosphere from S-wave receiver functions coincide well with the inflection point of vertical profiles of radial anisotropy, which is likely to be related to the existence of fine-scale laminated random heterogeneities in the lithosphere.
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