Sui Yi, Wu Qingju, Zhang Ruiqing. 2018: Lithospheric velocity structure of eastern Tibet Plateau from triplication. Acta Seismologica Sinica, 40(5): 537-546. DOI: 10.11939/jass.20180030
Citation: Sui Yi, Wu Qingju, Zhang Ruiqing. 2018: Lithospheric velocity structure of eastern Tibet Plateau from triplication. Acta Seismologica Sinica, 40(5): 537-546. DOI: 10.11939/jass.20180030

Lithospheric velocity structure of eastern Tibet Plateau from triplication

More Information
  • Received Date: March 04, 2018
  • Revised Date: May 14, 2018
  • Available Online: July 01, 2018
  • Published Date: August 31, 2018
  • By comparing the synthetic and observed seismic triplications for two events from Qinghai and Myanmar Arc with the trial-and-error method, the velocity structures of P-wave and S-wave from Moho to the depth of 180 km are obtained. The P-wave velocity models for the profiles A and B beneath Songpan-Garze block are 5% higher than that in the model C2AK, which is based on the model AK135 with crust structure of Crust2.0. The P-wave velocity model for the profile C beneath Sichuan-Yunnan block, however, is 5% lower than that in the model C2AK at Moho depth, and then increases slowly down to the depth of 120 km. The S-wave velocity model beneath Songpan-Garze block is 3% higher than the model C2AK from Moho to 180 km. Such regional difference in velocity structure may indicate that the lithospheric mantle beneath Sichuan-Yunnan block has been extruded more obviously than that beneath Songpan-Garze block in the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau.
  • 郭飚,刘启元,陈九辉,刘立申,李顺成,李昱,王峻,齐少华. 2009. 川西龙门山及邻区地壳上地幔远震P波层析成像[J]. 地球物理学报,52(2):346–355
    Guo B,Liu Q Y,Chen J H,Liu L S,Li S C,Li Y,Wang J,Qi S H. 2009. Teleseismic P-wave tomography of the crust and upper mantle in Longmenshan area,west Sichuan[J]. Chinese Journal of Geophysics,52(2):346–355 (in Chinese)
    眭怡,吴庆举,张瑞青. 2018. 基于三重震相拟合的华南地区上地幔P波与S波速度结构研究[J]. 地球物理学报,61(8):3237–3250
    Sui Y,Wu Q J,Zhang R Q. 2018. P- and S-wave velocity structures of upper mantle and mantle transition zone beneath South China with seismic triplications[J]. Chinese Journal of Geophysics,61(8):3237–3250 (in Chinese)
    王椿镛,吴建平,楼海,周民都,白志明. 2003. 川西藏东地区的地壳P波速度结构[J]. 中国科学:D辑,33(增刊1):181–189
    Wang C Y,Wu J P,Lou H,Zhou M D,Bai Z M. 2003. P-wave crustal velocity structure in western Sichuan and eastern Tibetan region[J]. China in China:Series D,46(S2):254–265
    王椿镛,楼海,吕智勇,吴建平,常利军,戴仕贵,尤惠川,唐方头,Zhu L,Silver P. 2008. 青藏高原东部地壳上地幔S波速度结构:下地壳流的深部环境[J]. 中国科学:D辑,38(1):22–32
    Wang C Y,Lou H,Lü Z Y,Wu J P,Chang L J,Dai S G,You H C,Tang F T,Zhu L, Silver P. 2008. S-wave crustal and upper mantle’s velocity structure in the eastern Tibetan Plateau:Deep environment of lower crustal flow[J]. Science in China:Series D,51(2):263–274 doi: 10.1007/s11430-008-0008-5
    王阎昭,王恩宁,沈正康,王敏,甘卫军,乔学军,孟国杰,李铁明,陶玮,杨永林,程佳,李鹏. 2008. 基于GPS资料约束反演川滇地区主要断裂现今活动速率[J]. 中国科学:D辑,38(5):582–597
    Wang Y Z,Wang E N,Shen Z K,Wang M,Gan W J,Qiao X J,Meng G J,Li T M,Tao W,Yang Y L,Cheng J,Li P. 2008. GPS-constrained inversion of present-day slip rates along major faults of Sichuan-Yunnan region,China[J]. Science in China:Series D,51(9):1267–1283 doi: 10.1007/s11430-008-0106-4
    郑秀芬,欧阳飚,张东宁,姚志祥,梁建宏,郑洁. 2009. " 国家数字测震台网数据备份中心”技术系统建设及其对汶川大地震研究的数据支撑[J]. 地球物理学报,52(5):1412–1417 doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.05.031
    Zheng X F,Ouyang B,Zhang D N,Yao Z X,Liang J H,Zheng J. 2009. Technical system construction of Data Backup Centre for China Seismograph Network and the data support to researches on the Wenchuan earthquake[J]. Chinese Journal of Geophysics,52(5):1412–1417 (in Chinese) doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.05.031
    Artemieva I. 2011. The Lithosphere: An Interdisciplinary Approach[M]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 3−10.
    Bassin C,Laske G,Masters G. 2000. The current limits of resolution for surface wave tomography in North America[J]. EOS Trans AGU,81:F897
    Beghein C,Yuan K Q,Schmerr N,Xing Z. 2014. Changes in seismic anisotropy shed light on the nature of the Gutenberg discontinuity[J]. Science,343(6176):1237–1240 doi: 10.1126/science.1246724
    Chen W P,Tseng T L. 2007. Small 660-km seismic discontinuity beneath Tibet implies resting ground for detached lithosphere[J]. J Geophys Res,112(B5):B05309
    Chu R S,Schmandt B,Helmberger D V. 2012. Upper mantle P velocity structure beneath the Midwestern United States derived from triplicated waveforms[J]. Geochem Geophys Geosys,13(2):Q0AK04 doi: 10.1029/2011GC003818
    Dziewonski A M,Anderson D L. 1981. Preliminary reference Earth model[J]. Phys Earth Planet Inter,25(4):297–356 doi: 10.1016/0031-9201(81)90046-7
    Ekström G,Nettles M,Dziewonski A M. 2012. The global CMT project 2004−2010:Centroid-moment tensors for 13,017 earthquakes[J]. Phys Earth Planet Inter,200/201:1–9 doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.04.002
    ISC. 2012. EHB bulletin[EB/OL]. [2012-12-24]. http://www.isc.ac.uk.
    Kennett B L N,Engdahl E R. 1991. Traveltimes for global earthquake location and phase association[J]. Geophys J Int,105(2):429–465 doi: 10.1111/gji.1991.105.issue-2
    Kennett B L N,Engdahl E R,Buland R. 1995. Constraints on seismic velocities in the Earth from traveltimes[J]. Geophys J Int,122(1):108–124 doi: 10.1111/gji.1995.122.issue-1
    Li C,van der Hilst R D,Meltzer A S,Engdahl E R. 2008. Subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Burma[J]. Earth Planet Sci Lett,274(1/2):157–168
    Li G H,Bai L,Zhou Y Z,Wang X R,Cui Q H. 2017. Velocity structure of the mantle transition zone beneath the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau[J]. Tectonophysics,721:349–360 doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.009
    Obayashi M,Sugioka H,Yoshimitsu J,Fukao Y. 2006. High temperature anomalies oceanward of subducting slabs at the 410-km discontinuity[J]. Earth Planet Sci Lett,243(1/2):149–158
    Oreshin S,Vinnik L,Treussov A,Kind R. 1998. Subducted lithosphere or 530 km discontinuity?[J]. Geophys Res Lett,25(7):1091–1094 doi: 10.1029/98GL00644
    Royden L H,Burchfiel B C,King R W,Wang E,Chen Z L,Shen F, Liu Y P. 1997. Surface deformation and lower crustal flow in eastern Tibet[J]. Science,276(5313):788–790 doi: 10.1126/science.276.5313.788
    Royden L H,Burchfiel B C,van der Hilst R D. 2008. The geological evolution of the Tibetan Plateau[J]. Science,321(5892):1054–1058 doi: 10.1126/science.1155371
    Shearer P M. 2009. Introduction to Seismology[M]. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 65−76.
    Shen X Z,Yuan X H,Liu M. 2015. Is the Asian lithosphere underthrusting beneath northeastern Tibetan Plateau?Insights from seismic receiver functions[J]. Earth Planet Sci Lett,428:172–180 doi: 10.1016/j.jpgl.2015.07.041
    Song T R A,Helmberger D V,Grand S P. 2004. Low-velocity zone atop the 410-km seismic discontinuity in the northwestern United States[J]. Nature,427(6974):530–533 doi: 10.1038/nature02231
    Takeuchi N,Kawakatsu H,Tanaka S,Obayashi M,Chen Y J,Ning J Y,Grand S P,Niu F L,Ni J,Iritani R,Idehara K,Tone-gawa T. 2014. Upper mantle tomography in the northwestern Pacific region using triplicated P waves[J]. J Geophys Res,119(10):7667–7685 doi: 10.1002/2014JB011161
    Tian Y,Hung S H,Nolet G,Montelli R,Dahlen F A. 2007. Dynamic ray tracing and traveltime corrections for global seismic tomography[J]. J Comoput Phys,226(1):672–687 doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.04.025
    Wang R J. 1999. A simple orthonormalization method for stable and efficient computation of Green’s functions[J]. Bull Seismol Soc Am,89(3):733–741
    Wang X R,Li Q S,Li G H,Zhou Y Z,Ye Z,Zhang H S. 2018. Seismic triplication used to reveal slab subduction that had disappeared in the late Mesozoic beneath the northeastern South China Sea[J]. Tectonophysics,727:28–40 doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.12.030
    Wu Z B,Xu T,Badal J,Yao H J,Wu C L,Teng J W. 2017. Crustal shear-wave velocity structure of northeastern Tibet revealed by ambient seismic noise and receiver functions[J]. Gondwana Res,41:400–410 doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2015.08.009
    Xu M J,Huang H,Huang Z C,Wang P,Wang L S,Xu M J,Mi N,Li H,Yu D Y,Yuan X H. 2018. Insight into the subducted Indian slab and origin of the Tengchong volcano in SE Tibet from receiver function analysis[J]. Earth Planet Sci Lett,482:567–579 doi: 10.1016/j.jpgl.2017.11.048
    Zhang Z J,Yuan X H,Chen Y,Tian X B,Kind R,Li X Q,Teng J W. 2010. Seismic signature of the collision between the east Tibetan escape flow and the Sichuan basin[J]. Earth Planet Sci Lett,292(3/4):254–264
  • Related Articles

Catalog

    Article views (1829) PDF downloads (99) Cited by()

    /

    DownLoad:  Full-Size Img  PowerPoint
    Return
    Return