VBR Calculator examples

The vbr/Projects/ folder contains a number of “Projects”, each of which is a self contained example of using the VBR Calculator in various ways.

  • vbr/Projects/vbr_core_examples: simple scripts that call various methods of the VBR Calculator.

  • vbr/Projects/1_LabData/1_Attenuation: calculates elastic moduli and attenuation at laboratory conditions.

  • vbr/Projects/mantle_extrap_LUT: generates a look-up table (LUT) of material properties for a plausible range of mantle temperature, melt fraction and grain size.

  • vbr/Projects/mantle_extrap_hspace: generates material properties for thermondynamic state variables given by an ananlytical model of half-space cooling.

  • vbr/Projects/mantle_extrap_FM: generates material properties for thermondynamic state variables given by a numerical forward model (FM) of half-space cooling.

  • vbr/Projects/runThermalModel: examples of running the forward model used by vbr/Projects/mantle_extrap_FM.

  • vbr/Projects/LAB_fitting_bayesian: a Bayesian fitting exercise for asthenosphere shear wave velocity, LAB depth and Q as a function of temperature, grain size and melt fraction.