Imaging Pn velocities beneath the Pannonian basin |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Hydrobiology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Chodkiewicza str. 30, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland;2. Department of Water Resources, Climatology and Environmental Management, University of Warmia and Mazury, ?ódzki Sq. 2, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland;1. Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway;2. Markku Iljina GeoConsulting Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland;3. Nordic Mining ASA, Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | The Pannonian depression is an extensional back-arc basin in central Europe and is an integral part of the Alpine–Carpathian orogenic mountain belts. It can be characterized by thinned lower crust, shallow Moho discontinuity, high surface heat flow and Moho temperature, implying recent active tectonic processes. Imaging the velocity structure of the upper mantle may help us to better understand the structure and formation of the Pannonian region.In this paper, Pn traveltimes from regional earthquakes are used to tomographically image the lateral velocity variations in the uppermost mantle beneath the Pannonian basin. The set of linear tomographic equations, built up of the time term equation for each source–receiver pair, is solved by a truncated singular value decomposition algorithm. The explicit computation of the generalized inverse of the tomographic equations makes it possible to deduce both the resolution matrix and the model covariance matrix, allowing us to estimate the resolution and reliability of the solution.The mean compressional wave velocity in the uppermost mantle beneath the Pannonian basin is 7.9 km/s, substantially lower than the average continental Pn velocity of 8.1 km/s. It is mostly due to the high Moho temperature having values on average 400–500 °C more than those in the surrounding areas. The velocity anomalies range from ?0.3 to 0.3 km/s relative to the mean velocity of 7.9 km/s. Due to high Moho temperature, below the North Hungarian range low (7.6–7.7 km/s) velocities can be found. High-velocity anomalies of around 8.1 km/s can be detected along the W-SW boundaries of Hungary and at the junction of the Pannonian basin and the Southern Carpathians. The Great Hungarian Plain shows average (7.9 km/s) Pn velocities. |
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