Gravity inversionin spherical coordinatesusing tesseroidsLeonardo UiedaValéria C. F. Barbosa
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vsCartesian Spherical
Existing inversion with tesseroids(Chaves and Ussami, 2013)●Geoid height anomalies●Space domain●Regularization:– Depth-weighted Minimum Volume– Similarity to seismic tomography
AdaptPlanting anomalous densities(Uieda and Barbosa, 2012)
Planting anomalous densities●Space domain●Multicomponent: gravity + gradients●Non-conventional inversion– Growth algorithm– No linear systems– Efficient sensitivity computations
Seed
Synthetics●Possible applications●Advantages●Shortcomings
Lineament with dense rocks(magmatic)Inspired by Chad lineament model(Braitenberg et al, 2011)
After Braitenberg et al (2011)
10ºN300 kg.m-32º8kmtop=1 km
gzzAt 20 km
Seeds
observed predicted
What if height=120 km?
at 120 kmat 20 km
Even higherheight=270 km
at 270 kmat 120 km
Magmatic underplatingInspired by model of the Paraná basinby Mariani et al (2013)
After Mariani et al (2013)
10ºN 200 kg.m-315km5º10ºtop=30 km
gzz at 250 km
What if I use wrong density?
150 kg.m-3250 kg.m-3
In conclusion
for tesseroids
Works well
height matters20km 250km
correctdensecorrectdense
Future●Combinations of tensor components●Dipping sources (subducting plate)●Real data (open for collaboration)
OPEN SOURCEfatiando.orggithub.com/leouieda/egu2014
Extra
(Hypothetical) Mantle PlumeInspired by synthetics in Chaves and Ussami (2013)
After Chaves and Ussami (2013)
top=100 km200 km700 km2º-50 kg.m-3
Joint gz + gzz?
Same seed
gzgzz
gzz Joint
single vs joint