5871c9cd-750d-764d-e063-3050940a36f1 English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-08-25 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608756 Upper mantle anisotropy models from mantle circulation simulations 2026-07-29 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608756 A set of global upper mantle anisotropy models generated from TERRA plate-motion constrained mantle circulation models run under different conditions. Provided calculations include upper mantle anisotropy parameterised in both original triclinic symmetry and a reduced radial symmetry. Professor J Huw Davies University of Cardiff School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Main Building Cardiff CF10 3AT not available originator Ana Ferreira University College London Department of Earth Sciences Kathleen Lonsdale London WC1E 6BT not available originator Andy Nowacki University of Leeds not available originator James Wookey University of Bristol not available originator Andrew Walker University of Oxford not available originator James Panton University of Cardiff not available originator Isabella Altoé University of Bristol not available originator Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/5871c9cd-750d-764d-e063-3050940a36f1.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Seismic anisotropy Earth mantle BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision Citable Data NGDC Deposited Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions licenceOGL Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused. Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" English geoscientificInformation 2022-07-01 2025-07-31 ASCII text (TXT) Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://doi.org/10.5285/0f72fc7a-5e20-413f-99e6-f238b492638f WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Wookey, J., Altoé, I., Walker, A., Nowacki, A., Ferreira, A., Panton, J., Davies, J. H. (2026). Upper mantle anisotropy models from mantle circulation simulations. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/0f72fc7a-5e20-413f-99e6-f238b492638f information https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item192931 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false The methodology for calculating both the TERRA models and the resulting anisotropy models is described in Davies et al (PRSA, 2025) (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0827)