S-wave velocity structure of the North China from inversion of Rayleigh wave phase velocity |
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| Institution: | 1. China Earthquake Networks Center, Beijng, China;2. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;3. Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University of Trieste, Italy;4. Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China;5. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, SAND Group, Trieste, Italy;6. International Seismic Safety Organization, ISSO, Arsita, Italy;1. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Geophysics, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China;2. School of Oceanography, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, China |
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| Abstract: | We constructed the S-wave velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle (10–100 km) beneath the North China based on the teleseismic data recorded by 187 portable broadband stations deployed in this region. The traditional two-step inversion scheme was adopted. Firstly, we measured the interstation fundamental Rayleigh wave phase velocity of 10–60 s and imaged the phase velocity distributions using the Tarantola inversion method. Secondly, we inverted the 1-D S-wave velocity structure with a grid spacing of 0.25° × 0.25° and constructed the 3-D S-wave velocity structure of the North China. The 3-D S-wave velocity model provides valuable information about the destruction mechanism and geodynamics of the North China Craton (NCC). The S-wave velocity structures in the northwestern and southwestern sides of the North–South Gravity Lineament (NSGL) are obviously different. The southeastern side is high velocity (high-V) while the northeastern side is low velocity (low-V) at the depth of 60–80 km. The upwelling asthenosphere above the stagnated Pacific plate may cause the destruction of the Eastern Block and form the NSGL. A prominent low-V anomaly exists around Datong from 50 to 100 km, which may due to the upwelling asthenosphere originating from the mantle transition zone beneath the Western Block. The upwelling asthenosphere beneath the Datong may also contribute to the destruction of the Eastern Block. The Zhangjiakou-Penglai fault zone (ZPFZ) may cut through the lithosphere and act as a channel of the upwelling asthenosphere. A noticeable low-V zone also exists in the lower crust and upper mantle lid (30–50 km) beneath the Beijing–Tianjin–Tangshan (BTT) region, which may be caused by the upwelling asthenosphere through the ZPFZ. |
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| Keywords: | Rayleigh wave Phase velocity S-wave velocity structure Tomography North China |
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