Collection of Python scripts or Jupyter notebooks (supported by JupyterLab) to reproduce some of the geographic maps shown in the publications I am involved. To prepare these maps I am using PyGMT the Python wrapper for the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT).
Please note: Scripts or notebooks are available up on acceptance of the related publication.
| Folder | Overview | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 000_general_stuff |  |
• custom symbols • colorwheel • colorbar font scaling • Earth section • Greek letters |
| 001_paper_RFSG_2022 → Ritter et al. (2022) |
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Anisotropy beneath the BFO |
| 002_paper_FGR_2024 → Fröhlich et al. (2024) |
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Anisotropy beneath the URG area up coming |
| 003_taup → Fröhlich et al. (2024) |
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Seismological phases • travel paths • travel time curves |
| 004_earthquakes_eruptions |  |
Earthquakes and eruptions (2021 to present) |
| 005_global_seismicity |  |
Global seismicity • global maps • histograms |
| 006_tomographies_databases → DGG DeepDyn poster (2024) → SEDI DeepDyn poster (2024) |
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• shear wave splitting database • deep mantle anisotropy • votemap analysis • cluster analysis • tomography GyPSuM • tomography EU60 |
| 007_dissertation_F_2025 |  |
up coming |
| 008_urg_vs_norsa |  |
up coming |
| 009_deepdyn → DGG DeepDyn poster (2024) → SEDI DeepDyn poster (2024) |
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DeepDyn project |
| 010_axisem → AGU URG talk (2024) |
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AxiSEM3D |
| 011_agu_FTLJG_2024 → AGU PyGMT talk (2024) |
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PyGMT = GMT + Python & SPE |
| 012_uefa_euro25 |  |
UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2025 |
| 013_general_maps |  |
• figure dimensions for depth sections • choropleth map via dcw |
| 014_general_stats |  |
• Collatz problem • Anscombe's quartet |
If you make use of this material, please acknowledge the relating publications in which framework these scripts and notebooks were written:
Peer-reviewed journal article
- Fröhlich Y., Grund M. & Ritter J. R. R. (2024). Lateral and vertical variations of seismic anisotropy in the lithosphere-asthenosphere system underneath Central Europe from long-term splitting measurements. Geophysical Journal International, 239(1), 112-135. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae245.
- Ritter J. R. R., Fröhlich Y., Sanz Alonso Y. & Grund M. (2022). Short-scale laterally varying SK(K)S shear wave splitting at BFO, Germany – implications for the determination of anisotropic structures. Journal of Seismology, 26, 1137-1156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-022-10112-w, correction https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-023-10136-w.
Presentations
- Fröhlich Y. & Ritter J. R. R. (2024). Vertical and Small-scale Lateral Varying Seismic Anisotropy in the Upper Mantle Underneath the Upper Rhine Graben, Central Europe. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C.. Division Session Exploring Innovations and New Directions in Seismic Anisotropy and Attenuation: Observations, Models, and Experiments I Oral, DI21A-02. Abstract ID 1578275. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14510993.
- Fröhlich Y., Tian D., Leong W. J., Jones M. & Grund M. (2024). PyGMT – Accessing and Integrating GMT with Python and the Scientific Python Ecosystem. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C.. Union Session The impact of GMT in the Earth, Ocean and Space sciences: What's next? I Oral, U12B-05 (invited). Abstract ID 1578856. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28049495.
Posters
- Fröhlich Y., Dorn F., Dillah M. I. F. & Ritter J. R. R. (2024). Investigation of seismic anisotropy in the D'' layer using XKS pairs. 2th DeepDyn annual meeting, Rügen. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14801004.
- Fröhlich Y., Dillah M. I. F., Dorn F. & Ritter J. R. R. (2024). Investigation of seismic anisotropy in the D'' layer and at the CMB regarding intense magnetic flux regions. 18th Symposium of Study of the Earth's Deep Interior, Great Barrington. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12658821.
- Fröhlich Y., Thiyagarajan H., Tölle L. S., Ritter J. R. R. & Thomas C. (2024). Understanding the influence of seismic mantle structures at the core-mantle boundary on intense magnetic flux regions. 84th Annual Meeting of the German Geophysical Society, Jena. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10927349.
Please note: The required versions are given above in the single folders as well as notebooks and scripts.
For bug reports, suggestions, or recommendations feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request directly here on GitHub.
Please note: Specific references are given in the single notebooks and scripts.
- Bird, P. (2003). An updated digital model of plate boundaries. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, volume 4, issue 3, page 1027. https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GC000252.
- Crameri, F. (2021). Scientific colour maps. Zenodo. https://www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps.php. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1243862.
- Thyng, K. M., Greene, C. A., Hetland, R. D., Zimmerle, H. M. & DiMarco, S. F. (2016). True colors of oceanography: Guidelines for effective and accurate colormap selection. Oceanography, volume 29, issue 3, pages 9-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.66.
- Tian, D., Uieda, L., Leong, W. J., Fröhlich, Y., Grund, M., Schlitzer, W., Jones, M., Toney, L., Yao, J., Tong, J-H., Magen, Y., Materna, K., Belem, A., Newton, T., Anant, A., Ziebarth, M., Quinn, J. & Wessel, P. (2024). PyGMT: A Python interface for the Generic Mapping Tools, version v0.16.0. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15628725 (v0.16.0), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3781524 (all versions / latest version).
- Wessel, P., Smith, W. H. F., Scharroo, R., Luis, J. F. & Wobbe. F. (2013). Generic mapping tools: improved version released. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, volume 94, issue 45, pages 409-410. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EO450001.
- Wessel, P., Luis, J. F., Uieda, L., Scharroo, R., Wobbe, F., Smith, W. H. F. & Tian, D. (2019). The Generic Mapping Tools version 6. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, volume 20, issue 11, pages 5556-5564. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008515.
- Wessel, P., Luis, J. F., Uieda, L., Scharroo, R., Wobbe, F., Smith, W. H. F., Tian, D., Jones, M. & Esteban, F. (2024). The Generic Mapping Tools, version 6.5.0. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10119499 (6.5.0), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3407865 (all versions / latest version).
The presented research and YF received support from various sources:
- Graduate Funding from the German States (scholarship)
- NSF grant EAR-1948602 (travel support for AGU24)
- DFG grant RI1133/14-1 within the DFG Priority Program 2404 DeepDyn (research assistant)