SLB2005

The SLB2005 scaling is the relationship for upper mantle shear wave velocity directly from Stixrude and Lithgow‐Bertelloni (2005), “Mineralogy and elasticity of the oceanic upper mantle: Origin of the low‐velocity zone.” JGR 110.B3, DOI.

Requires:

  • VBR.in.SV.T_K temperature in degrees K
  • VBR.in.SV.GPa pressure in GPa

Calling Procedure

% set required state variables
clear;
VBR.in.SV.T_K = linspace(800,1200,10)+273; % temperature [K]
VBR.in.SV.P_GPa = 2 * ones(size(VBR.in.SV.T_K)); % pressure [GPa]

% add to elastic methods list
VBR.in.elastic.methods_list={'SLB2005'};

% call VBR_spine
[VBR] = VBR_spine(VBR) ;

Output

Output is VBR.out.elastic.SLB2005.Vs, the shear wave velocity in km/s.