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X-discontinuity observations beneath the African continent

Dataset title X-discontinuity observations beneath the African continent
Dataset creators Stephen Pugh, University of Cambridge
Alistair Boyce, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Ian Bastow, Imperial College London
Cynthia Ebinger, Tulane University
Sanne Cottaar, University of Cambridge
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

X-discontinuity observations recorded from receiver function stacks of passive-source seismic data. Receiver functions are recorded between January 1990 and October 2021 at numerous seismometers on the African continent (see Pugh et al., 2023 for details). Receiver functions are downloaded, processed using SMURFPy (Cottaar et al., 2020). They are subsequently stacked in the depth and time-slowness domains in 1 degree radius overlapping bins and interpreted for the presence of the X-discontinuity. The dataset comprises 597 stacks, their location, the depth of the X-discontinuity, a classification of the stack and the amplitudes of the X-discontinuity. See Pugh et al., 2023 for further details on the method, the code used to download, process and stack receiver functions can be found at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337258

Pugh et al., 2023 - Multigenetic Origin of the X-discontinuity Below Continents: Insights from African Receiver Functions.

Dataset content dates 01/01/1990 - 30/09/2021
Dataset spatial coverage African continent and surrounding ocean islands
Dataset supply format Text document
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record.
Dataset publisher NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre
Dataset publication date 17/02/2023
Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) 10.5285/409dc3f0-f371-4322-bdc3-39cd439c28c9
Dataset citation text Pugh, S., Boyce, A., Bastow, I., Ebinger, C., Cottaar, S. (2023). X-discontinuity observations beneath the African continent. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/409dc3f0-f371-4322-bdc3-39cd439c28c9
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
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Paper in review:

Pugh et al., 2023 - Multigenetic Origin of the X-discontinuity Below Continents: Insights from African Receiver Functions.