P-wave tomographic images beneath southeastern Tibet: Investigating the mechanism of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
P-wave tomographic images beneath southeastern Tibet: Investigating the mechanism of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
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西藏东南部下方的 P 波层析图像:2008 年汶川地震机制研究
DOI:
10.1007/s11430-010-4037-5
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发表时间:
2010-09
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通讯作者:
Shi YaoLin
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作者:
Wei Wei;Sun RuoMei;Shi YaoLin
We used 71670 P-wave arrival times from 3594 earthquakes recorded by the Sichuan and Yunnan seismic networks to determine the three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure in the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Our results show that prominent low P-wave velocity (low-Vp) anomalies exist in the mid- to lower crust of the Songpan-Ganze and Sichuan-Yunnan blocks. In contrast, a high P-wave velocity (high-Vp) anomaly is resolved in the middle and lower crust beneath the Sichuan Basin. Our tomographic results provide seismic evidence for a dynamic model of lower crustal flow. Ongoing lower crustal flow beneath the central and eastern Tibetan Plateau abuts against the mechanically strong Sichuan Basin resulting in accumulated strain in the Longmen Shan region. When a critical accumulation of strain energy was reached, its sudden release led to the occurrence of 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Pronounced low-Vp anomalies are observed in the uppermost mantle in the region south of ∼26°N. Combining these results with shear-wave splitting investigations, we suggest that the flow of asthenospheric material has impacted the velocity structure of the uppermost mantle and caused the thinning of the southwestern Yangtze Craton.
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DOI:
10.1002/cjg2.1347
发表时间:
2009
期刊:
Chinese Journal of Geophysics
影响因子:
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作者:
J. Teng;Denghai Bai;Hui Yang;Yafen Yan;Hongshuang Zhang;Yongqi Zhang;Xiaoyan Ruan
通讯作者:
J. Teng;Denghai Bai;Hui Yang;Yafen Yan;Hongshuang Zhang;Yongqi Zhang;Xiaoyan Ruan
影响因子:
3.9
作者:
Lei, Jianshe;Su, Youjin;Zhao, Dapeng
通讯作者:
Zhao, Dapeng
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2001
期刊:
--
影响因子:
--
作者:
Su;You-jin;Qin;Jia-zheng
通讯作者:
Su;You-jin;Qin;Jia-zheng
影响因子:
2.3
作者:
Dapeng Zhao
通讯作者:
Dapeng Zhao
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
J. Lei;Dapeng Zhao
通讯作者:
J. Lei;Dapeng Zhao