Modeling Body and Surface Wave Anisotropy in 3-D Media with a Case Study in Iceland

地震各向异性对岩石圈变形和软流圈地幔流动模式提供了重要的约束。 径向各向异性可以从瑞利波和洛夫波色散测量;方位各向异性通常从SKS相位的剪切波分裂和瑞利波层析成像获得。 然而，在许多地区，如在科罗拉多落基山脉，冰岛和澳大利亚，这两种方法的方位各向异性的结果并不一致。 这种差异的部分原因是体波和表面波的性质不同。 例如，SKS分裂反映了从核幔边界到地表的各向异性的积分结果，而周期小于100 s的瑞利波主要采样200 km以上的地球。 这种差异也可以归因于许多其他因素，包括横向非均匀性和各向异性之间的权衡，各向异性的三维变化，以及有限的频率。 我们提出的研究的目标是调查之间的差异剪切波分裂各向异性和瑞利波各向异性在一般情况下。 将对上述可疑原因进行单独研究。我们建议采用并行伪谱方法计算各种三维非均匀各向异性模型中SKS相和面波的合成波形。 该方法已成功地应用于模拟横波分裂。 本文还将对拟谱法模拟面波进行进一步的实验研究。 将横波分裂技术和双平面波反演方法应用于合成数据，以反演各向异性和非均质。 本文的研究将加深我们对体波和面波方位各向异性差异的理解。

Seismic anisotropy provides important constraints on deformation in the lithosphere and mantle flow patterns in the asthenosphere. Radial anisotropy can be measured from Rayleigh and Love wave dispersions; and azimuthal anisotropy is often obtained from shear-wave splitting of SKS phases and from Rayleigh wave tomography. However, the results of azimuthal anisotropy from the two methods do not agree in many areas, such as in the Colorado Rockies, Iceland, and Australia. Part of the discrepancy is due to the different properties of body and surface waves. For example, SKS splitting reflects an integral result of anisotropy from the core mantle boundary to the surface while Rayleigh waves at periods less than 100 s primarily sample the earth above 200 km. The discrepancy can also be attributed to many other factors, including the tradeoff between lateral heterogeneity and anisotropy, 3-D variations of anisotropy, and the finite frequency. The goal of our proposed study is to investigate the discrepancy between shear-wave splitting anisotropy and Rayleigh wave anisotropy in general cases. The suspected reasons listed above will be studied individually. We propose to adopt the parallel pseudo-spectral method in computing synthetic waveforms of SKS phases and surface waves in various 3-D heterogeneous and anisotropic models. This method has been successfully applied in modeling shear-wave splitting. More experiments will be performed in modeling surface waves through the pseudo-spectral method. The shear-wave splitting technique and the two-plane-wave inversion method will be applied to the synthetic data to retrieve anisotropy and heterogeneity. The proposed study will improve our understanding about the discrepancy in azimuthal anisotropy from body and surface waves.