exploring earth’s structure using occam’s razor
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Exploring Earth’s structure using Occam’s Razor. Adapted from Braile, 2000 & DLESE Teaching Boxes, 2008. Prepared by Michael Hubenthal, IRIS Consortium. What is inside ?. How do you know what is inside?. What is inside here?. How do you know what is inside?. Think, Write, Pair, Share. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Exploring Earth’s structure using Occam’s Razor
Prepared byMichael Hubenthal, IRIS Consortium
Adapted from Braile, 2000 & DLESE Teaching Boxes, 2008
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How do you know what is inside?
What is inside ?
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What is inside here?
Think, Write, Pair, Share
How do you know what is inside?
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How do you know?
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Occam’s Razor - All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best
Based on your “evidence” what is beneath our feet?
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Could this help us test our model?
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Theoreticians
Seismologist
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Theoreticians
Seismologist
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Earth’s surface
Center of the Earth
Scale model of a homogeneous Earth
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140°
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Seismologists
Theoreticians
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Creating a travel-time plot
•Work in teams of ~ 2•Each pair calculates 3 travel times
•Each team makes 1 travel time plot, 0-180 degrees•Discuss results
Use velocity=11 km/sec, distance scale 320 km/cm
103040507080100115130150
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Earthquake Wave First Arrivals
Distance From Epicenter (Deg)
Time (Min)
What is the cause of model and observations mismatch?
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Shadow zone
Something changes beyond ~110 deg.
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Combine results from multiple earthquakes
Assumptions?
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What has your data established so far?
Have we found any layers?
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1st: 1 deg - .5 min2nd: 16 deg - 3.5 min
First Arrivals
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http://rev.seis.sc.edu/
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Earth’s Interior Structure - Seismic Travel Times in a Constant Velocity Sphere
(L. Braile , December, 2000)
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R = 6371 km
Δ
/ 2
S / 2
Raypath
(chord of length S)
R = 6371 km
Earth’s
Surface
Source
Receiver
Copyright 2000. L. Braile. Permission granted for reproduction for non-commercial uses.
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