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modern global<br />

tomography<br />

incorporates<br />

information from<br />

many phases<br />

including CMB/<br />

surface reflections<br />

TRAVELTIMES OF MAJOR PHASES<br />

(a)<br />

TUC 88.8°<br />

(b)<br />

Mantle shear-wave tomography 2477<br />

S SS<br />

SSS<br />

SS<br />

SSSSS<br />

SSSS<br />

300 s<br />

S<br />

ScS<br />

SKS<br />

SSS<br />

SSSS<br />

d<strong>is</strong>tance: 88.8°<br />

velocity model: TNA<br />

Figure <strong>1.</strong> (a) A horizontally polarized se<strong>is</strong>mogram recorded in the western United States from<br />

an earthquake that occurred in the southern Pacific Ocean. Below the se<strong>is</strong>mogram <strong>is</strong> a synthetic<br />

se<strong>is</strong>mogram. Numerous phases that have good matches between the synthetic and data are<br />

labelled. The large arrival at the end of the se<strong>is</strong>mogram <strong>is</strong> the Love wave that cons<strong>is</strong>ts of SSSSS<br />

and higher-order multiples of S. Part (b) shows the paths taken by the phases labelled at the<br />

top, as well as the paths of phases that interact with the core, which, although not v<strong>is</strong>ible in

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