Dead Sea Basin Imaged by Ambient Seismic Noise Tomography |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Jacek?StankiewiczEmail author Michael?H?Weber Ayman?Mohsen Rami?Hofstetter |
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Institution: | 1.Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum-GFZ,Potsdam,Germany;2.Institut für Geowissenschaften,Universit?t Potsdam,Potsdam,Germany;3.Al-Najah National University,Nablus,Palestine;4.Geophysical Institute,Lod,Israel |
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Abstract: | In the framework of the Dead Sea Integrated Research project (DESIRE), 59 seismological stations were deployed in the region
of the Dead Sea Basin. Twenty of these stations recorded data of sufficiently high quality between May and September 2007
to be used for ambient seismic noise analysis. Empirical Green’s functions are extracted from cross-correlations of long term
recordings. These functions are dominated by Rayleigh waves, whose group velocities can be measured in the frequency range
from 0.1 to 0.5 Hz. Analysis of positive and negative correlation lags of the Green’s functions makes it possible to identify
the direction of the source of the incoming energy. Signals with frequencies higher than 0.2 Hz originate from the Mediterranean
Sea, while low frequencies arrive from the direction of the Red Sea. Travel times of the extracted Rayleigh waves were measured
between station pairs for different frequencies, and tomographically inverted to provide independent velocity models. Four
such 2D models were computed for a set of frequencies, all corresponding to different sampling depths, and thus together giving
an indication of the velocity variations in 3D extending to a depth of 10 km. The results show low velocities in the Dead
Sea Basin, consistent with previous studies suggesting up to 8 km of recent sedimentary infill in the Basin. The complex structure
of the western margin of the Basin is also observed, with sedimentary infill present to depths not exceeding 5 km west of
the southern part of the Dead Sea. The high velocities associated with the Lisan salt diapir are also observed down to a depth
of ~5 km. The reliability of the results is confirmed by checkerboard recovery tests. |
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