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dc.contributor.authorKirby, Jon
dc.contributor.authorSwain, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:39:53Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:39:53Z
dc.date.created2009-03-05T00:56:52Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationKirby, Jonathan and Swain, Christopher. 2006. Mapping the Mechanical Anisotropy of the Lithosphere using a 2D Wavelet Coherence, and its Applicaton to Australia. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 158 (2-4): pp. 122-138.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23914
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.022
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We develop a new method for imaging the spatial variations of the anisotropy of the flexural response of the lithosphere, and apply it to recent topographic and gravity data sets over Australia. The method uses two-dimensional Morlet wavelet transforms, superposed in a strictly controlled geometry, to estimate the auto- and cross-spectra of the two data sets in a number of different directions. The resulting wavelet coherence is a function of scale, or wavelength, as well as orientation, and is inverted, at each spatial location, for the three parameters of an anisotropic, thin elastic plate model, i.e., maximum and minimum flexural rigidities and the orientation of the maximum. Extensive tests of the method on synthetic anisotropic, but uniform, data sets, show that it retrieves the amplitude and orientation of the anisotropy with useful accuracy. The results for Australia west of 143oE show a strong correlation with the shallower layers (75-175 km) of a recent model of seismic SV wave azimuthal anisotropy. The 'weak' axes (i.e., of minimum flexural rigidity) in most cases are approximately at right angles to the fast axes of the seismic anisotropy, implying that, for Precambrian Australia, they arise from the same source. This is most likely deformation resulting from the most recent episode of orogeny.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectAnisotropy
dc.subjectLithosphere
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectWavelets
dc.subjectIsostasy
dc.titleMapping the Mechanical Anisotropy of the Lithosphere using a 2D Wavelet Coherence, and its Applicaton to Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume158
dcterms.source.number2-4
dcterms.source.startPage122
dcterms.source.endPage138
dcterms.source.issn00319201
dcterms.source.titlePhysics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, [VOL158, ISSUE2-4, (2006)] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.022

curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDepartment of Spatial Sciences
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.facultyWA School of Mines


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