rockhound.fetch_slab2

rockhound.fetch_slab2(zone, *, load=True)

Load the Slab2 model for a given subduction zone.

Slab2 is a three-dimensional compilation of global subduction geometries (depth, dip, strike and thickness), separated into regional models for each major subduction zone. Each model is based on a probabilistic non-linear fit to data from a combined catalog consisting of several independent data sets - historic earthquake catalogs, CMT solutions, active seismic profiles, global plate boundaries, bathymetry and sediment thickness information [SLAB2].

Parameters

• zone (str) –

  Subduction zone to fech the model. Available zones:

  • alaska: Alaska

  • calabria: Calabria

  • caribbean: Caribbean

  • cascadia: Cascadia

  • central_america: Central America

  • cotabalo: Cotabalo

  • halmahera: Halmahera

  • hellenic: Hellenic Arc

  • himalaya: Himalaya

  • hindu_kush: Hindu Kush

  • izu_bonin: Izu-Bonin

  • kamchatka: Kamchatka-Kuril Islands-Japan

  • kermadec: Kermadec

  • makran: Makran

  • manila_trench: Manila Trench

  • muertos_trough: Muertos Trough

  • new_guinea: New Guinea

  • pamir: Pamir

  • philippines: Philippines

  • puysegur: Puysegur

  • ryukyu: Ryukyu

  • scotia_sea: Scotia Sea

  • solomon_islands: Solomon Islands

  • south_america: South America

  • sulawesi: Sulawesi

  • sumatra_java: Sumatra-Java

  • vanuatu: Vanuatu

• load (bool) – Whether to load the data into an xarray.Dataset or just return the path to the downloaded data. If False, will return a list with the paths to the subduction grids, respectively.

• kwargs – Keyword arguments will be forwarded to the xarray.open_dataset function that loads the grid into memory.

Returns

grid (xarray.Dataset or str) – The loaded grid or the file path to the downloaded data.

Examples using rockhound.fetch_slab2

Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model