Laboratory Calibration Data

The laboratory calibration data for this project are located in the CALIBRATION_DATA/vp_vs_rho_p_all_lab_data.csv directory in the root of the project repository.

References for the laboratory experiments used to calibrate the SMV2rho density conversion scheme can be found below.

Please refer to Stephenson _et al._ (2024) for more information on how the calibration is carried out.

References

  • Christensen, N. I. (1978). Ophiolites, seismic velocities and oceanic crustal structure. Tectonophysics, 47(1-2), 131-157.

  • Christensen, N. I. (1979). Compressional wave velocities in rocks at high temperatures and pressures, critical thermal gradients, and crustal low-velocity zones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 84(B12), 6849-6857.

  • Salisbury, M. H., & Christensen, N. I. (1978). Seismic velocities and petrologic structure of the crust and upper mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 83(B7), 3369-3376.

  • Christensen, N. I. (1996). Poission’s ratio and crustal seismology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 101(B2), 3139-3156.

  • Christensen, N. I., & Okaya, D. A. (2007). Compressional and shear wave velocities in South Island, New Zealand rocks and their application to the interpretation of seismological models of the New Zealand crust. Washington DC American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph Series, 175, 123-155.

  • Dunn, M. L., & Ledbetter, H. (1995). Poisson’s ratio of porous and microcracked solids: Theory and application to oxide superconductors. Journal of materials research, 10(11), 2715-2722.

  • Fliedner, M. M., Klemperer, S. L., & Christensen, N. I. (2000). Three-dimensional seismic model of the Sierra Nevada arc, California, and its implications for crustal and upper mantle composition. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 105(B5), 10899-10921.

  • Ji, S., Sun, S., Wang, Q., & Marcotte, D. (2010). Lamé parameters of common rocks in the Earth’s crust and upper mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 115(B6).

  • Ji, S., Wang, Q., & Li, L. (2019). Seismic velocities, Poisson’s ratios and potential auxetic behavior of volcanic rocks. Tectonophysics, 766, 270-282.

  • Johnston, J. E., & Christensen, N. I. (1992). Shear wave reflectivity, anisotropies, Poisson’s ratios, and densities of a southern Appalachian Paleozoic sedimentary sequence. Tectonophysics, 210(1-2), 1-20.

  • Kobussen, A. F., Christensen, N. I., & Thybo, H. (2006). Constraints on seismic velocity anomalies beneath the Siberian craton from xenoliths and petrophysics. Tectonophysics, 425(1-4), 123-135.

  • Morozov, I. B., Christensen, N. I., Smithson, S. B., & Hollister, L. S. (2003). Seismic and laboratory constraints on crustal formation in a former continental arc (ACCRETE, southeastern Alaska and western British Columbia). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 108(B1).

  • Punturo, R., Kern, H., Cirrincione, R., Mazzoleni, P., & Pezzino, A. (2005). P-and S-wave velocities and densities in silicate and calcite rocks from the Peloritani Mountains, Sicily (Italy): The effect of pressure, temperature and the direction of wave propagation. Tectonophysics, 409(1-4), 55-72.

  • Wang, Q., Ji, S., Salisbury, M. H., Xia, B., Pan, M., & Xu, Z. (2005). Shear wave properties and Poisson’s ratios of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt, China: Implications for crustal composition. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 110(B8).

  • Wang, Q., Ji, S., & Xu, Z. (2009). Vp/Vs anisotropy and implications for crustal composition identification and earthquake prediction. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 83(4), 801-815.

  • Wang, Q., Ji, S., Sun, S., & Marcotte, D. (2009). Correlations between compressional and shear wave velocities and corresponding Poisson’s ratios for some common rocks and sulfide ores. Tectonophysics, 469(1-4), 61-72.

  • Wang, Q., & Ji, S. (2009). Poisson’s ratios of crystalline rocks as a function of hydrostatic confining pressure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 114(B9).

  • Zhao, Z., Niu, Y., Christensen, N. I., Zhou, W., Hou, Q., Zhang, Z. M., Xie, H., Zhang, Z. C., & Liu, J. (2011). Delamination and ultra-deep subduction of continental crust: constraints from elastic wave velocity and density measurement in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 29(7), 781-801.