Inference of mantle viscosity from GRACE and relative sea level data   总被引：12，自引：0，他引：12  

Archie Paulson  Shijie Zhong  John Wahr 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,171(2):497-508

Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite observations of secular changes in gravity near Hudson Bay, and geological measurements of relative sea level (RSL) changes over the last 10 000 yr in the same region, are used in a Monte Carlo inversion to infer-mantle viscosity structure. The GRACE secular change in gravity shows a significant positive anomaly over a broad region (>3000 km) near Hudson Bay with a maximum of ∼2.5 μGal yr⁻¹ slightly west of Hudson Bay. The pattern of this anomaly is remarkably consistent with that predicted for postglacial rebound using the ICE-5G deglaciation history, strongly suggesting a postglacial rebound origin for the gravity change. We find that the GRACE and RSL data are insensitive to mantle viscosity below 1800 km depth, a conclusion similar to that from previous studies that used only RSL data. For a mantle with homogeneous viscosity, the GRACE and RSL data require a viscosity between  1.4 × 10²¹  and  2.3 × 10²¹  Pa s. An inversion for two mantle viscosity layers separated at a depth of 670 km, shows an ensemble of viscosity structures compatible with the data. While the lowest misfit occurs for upper- and lower-mantle viscosities of  5.3 × 10²⁰  and  2.3 × 10²¹  Pa s, respectively, a weaker upper mantle may be compensated by a stronger lower mantle, such that there exist other models that also provide a reasonable fit to the data. We find that the GRACE and RSL data used in this study cannot resolve more than two layers in the upper 1800 km of the mantle.  相似文献   

Geodetic data inversion based on Bayesian formulation with direct and indirect prior information     

Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura  Akemi Noda  Yukitoshi Fukahata 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,171(3):1342-1351

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Horizontal movements in the eastern Barents Sea constrained by numerical models and plate reconstructions     

Susanne J. H. Buiter  Trond H. Torsvik 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,171(3):1376-1389

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乌鲁木齐市低空大气逆温特征分析   总被引：11，自引：1，他引：11  

刘增强  郑玉萍  李景林  陈洁  闫战江 《干旱区地理》2007,30(3):51-356

为了分析乌鲁木齐低层大气逆温变化特征,通过利用乌鲁木齐市气象站2000-2004年的探空观测资料,从逐日探空原始记录中提取得到贴地逆温、脱地逆温的底部、顶部高度、温度,分析它们的变化情况。乌鲁木齐市低空大气温度层结全年以弱稳定为主,一年四季都存在逆温层。冬季是逆温特征最为显著的季节,强度最强,平均为1.06℃/100 m。冬季逆温发生频率最高,平均为89%,贴地逆温厚度最厚,平均为860 m,脱地逆温底高平均为534 m,顶高平均为1 187 m。由于蒙古反气旋的冷空气在准噶尔盆地堆积,使得乌鲁木齐冬季近地面大气稳定。  相似文献   

乌鲁木齐市低空温度层结与采暖期大气污染的关系   总被引：12，自引：5，他引：12  

李景林  郑玉萍  刘增强 《干旱区地理》2007,30(4):19-525

为了找出乌鲁木齐市低空逆温对大气污染的影响规律,为治理和预测大气污染提供科学依据,利用2000年6月至2006年4月的乌鲁木齐市空气污染监测资料和气象站的探空、地面资料,分析了大气污染与逆温的对应特征。结果表明:乌鲁木齐市低空逆温的出现频率与大气污染指数具有相似的时间分布特征。采暖期空气污染指数API值越大,相对应出现逆温日的比例越高,以贴地逆温多;在污染源排放量一定的情况下,大气中污染物浓度与低空逆温层厚度、逆温层底高、逆温层顶底温差有显著的统计关系,而与逆温层中的逆温强度统计关系不显著。随着逆温层底高度降低,逆温层平均顶高、厚度、逆温层顶底温差的增大,日平均气温、最低气温、最高气温的降低,污染级别呈增加趋势;在采暖期同一时段内,要达到同样的污染级别,悬浮逆温日污染物容纳量比贴地逆温大,贴地逆温更容易造成空气污染;在污染物排放量相同的情况下,污染的程度主要取决于悬浮逆温层的底高和厚度及持续日数。  相似文献   

Whole mantle SH velocity model constrained by waveform inversion based on three-dimensional Born kernels   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nozomu Takeuchi 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,169(3):1153-1163

A whole mantle SH velocity model is obtained by using a unique data set and techniques. Body and surface waveforms including major and multi-orbit phases are used as a data set and are inverted by using 3-D Born kernels. The resultant model, SH18CE, reveals the different natures of the two major upwelling systems: the strong low velocity anomalies beneath Africa extend for more than 1000 km from the core–mantle boundary (CMB), whereas those beneath the Pacific are restricted to 300–400 km from the CMB. The results also show the variable natures of stagnant slabs on the 670 discontinuity around Japan: the depths of the strongest high velocity anomalies within the stagnant slabs are different region by region, which is consistent with the detailed delay time tomography model in this area.  相似文献   

Moho undulations beneath Tibet from GRACE-integrated gravity data   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Young Hong Shin  Houze Xu  Carla Braitenberg  Jian Fang  Yong Wang 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,170(3):971-985

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Combining InSAR and seismology to study the 2003 Siberian Altai earthquakes—dextral strike-slip and anticlockwise rotations in the northern India–Eurasia collision zone     

Edwin Nissen  Brian Emmerson  Gareth J. Funning  Anatoly Mistrukov  Barry Parsons  David P. Robinson  Eugene Rogozhin  Tim J. Wright † 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,169(1):216-232

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Coulomb static stress variations in the Kachchh, Gujarat, India: Implications for the occurrences of two recent earthquakes (M_w= 5.6) in the 2001 Bhuj earthquake region     

Prantik Mandal  R. K. Chadha  I. P. Raju  N. Kumar  C. Satyamurty  R. Narsaiah  A. Maji 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,169(1):281-285

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Modelling and inversion of single-ended refraction data from the shot gathers of multifold deep seismic reflection profiling—an approach for deriving the shallow velocity structure     

V. Vijaya Rao  Kalachand Sain  V. G. Krishna 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,169(2):507-514

A multifold crustal-scale deep seismic near-vertical reflection profile generates a large number of single-ended shot gathers, which provide redundant data sets because of overlapping coverage of the shallow refractors. We present an approach for deriving the shallow velocity structure by modelling and inversion of single-ended seismic refraction first arrival traveltime data. We apply this method to a data set acquired with a 12-km long spread with 100 m spacing of shots and receivers, of the Neoproterozoic Marwar basin in the NW Indian shield. The approach is shown to be quite successful for delineating the shallow refractor depths, steep dips and velocities, even in the absence of regular reverse refraction profiles. The study reveals two-layered sedimentary formations, Malani volcanics and a complicated basement configuration of the Marwar basin, and provides a measure of resolution and uncertainty of the estimated model parameters. A seismic section of the near-trace gather is found to be qualitatively consistent with the derived structural features of the basin. The relative highs and lows, observed in the Bouguer gravity profile, further corroborate the derived velocity model. The present approach can be especially useful in offshore areas and elsewhere, where the single-ended multifold seismic profiles are the only available data sets.  相似文献