Abstract

AbstractThe 410- and 660-km discontinuities define the top and bottom of the mantle transition zone (MTZ). The properties of these mineralogical phase transformation interfaces provide critical constraints on the dynamics, temperature, and composition of the MTZ. Triplicated body waves that bottom near these discontinuities carry rich information about them. To streamline the modeling of upper-mantle triplications recorded at regional distances (13°–30°), we have developed a (Fast) Message Passing Interface (MPI)-accelerated 1D (Tr)iplication Waveform (I)nversion (P)ackage (FastTrip). With triplication waveform data as input, FastTrip uses a global search method to output a set of acceptable 1D velocity models. Quantitative estimation of the model uncertainties can be further derived based on the range of acceptable models. FastTrip supports central processing unit (CPU) parallel acceleration (15,000 models within 2 hr with 100 CPUs) and is portable to other inversion problems that can be described by a relatively small number of model parameters.

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