Zhao, Lian-She and Helmberger, Donald V. and Harkrider, David G. (1991) Shear-velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Tibetan Plateau and southeastern China. Geophysical Journal International, 105 (3). pp. 713-730. ISSN 0956-540X. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1991.tb00807.x. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140317-131844927
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Abstract
This paper addresses the velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath southern China with special emphasis on the Tibet region. Waveform data from 48 earthquakes as recorded on the WWSSN and GDSN are used in this detailed forward modelling study. Constraints on the upper crustal section are derived from modelling local Love waves in the time domain applying the mode-sum modelling technique. Lower crustal constraints are derived by modelling the P_(nl)-wavetrain with the reflectivity method. An average crustal thickness of 70 km is obtained beneath the Tibetan Plateau with a modest increase of velocity with depth. The lithospheric and upper mantle structure is deduced from modelling S and SS triplication waveform data and relative traveltimes by applying a combination of WKBJ and generalized ray methods. S-SS seismograms chosen with bounce-points directly under Tibet allow remote sensing of this inaccessible region. The resulting model is an averaged 1-D model where corrections for lateral variation have been applied. We conclude that the upper mantle structure in the entire region is basically shield-like below 200 km (SNA). However, the velocity of the lithosphere is abnormally slow, roughly 5 per cent beneath Tibet. The model for Tibet derived does not have a distinct lid, and has a positive velocity gradient in the crust, suggesting crustal shortening. A preliminary velocity model for southeastern China is also suggested.
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| Additional Information: | © 1991 Royal Astronomical Society. Received January 11, 1991. Accepted January 11, 1991. Dr. Don L. Anderson reviewed the earlier version of the manuscript. The editor, Jeffrey Park and a few anonymous reviewers contributed many helpful comments for which we are grateful. This research was supported, by the National Science Foundation grant EAR-89-04767, and by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense and was monitored by the Air Force Geophysical Laboratory under the contract F1962889K0028. Contribution no. 4733 from the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125. | |||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | shear velocity structure, southeastern China, Tibetan Plateau, upper mantle. | |||||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1991.tb00807.x | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Lian-She Zhao, Donald V. Helmberger, and David G. Harkrider Shear-velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Tibetan Plateau and southeastern China Geophys. J. Int. (1991) 105 (3): 713-730 doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1991.tb00807.x | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | |||||||||
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