Varying deformation patterns in central Tibet revealed by radial anisotropy tomography | |
Zhang, H (Zhang, Heng)1,2; Zhao, DP (Zhao, Dapeng)3; Yu, CQ (Yu, Chunquan)2; Zhao, JM (Zhao, Junmeng)1; Zhang, H | |
Source Publication | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH |
2016 | |
Volume | 121Issue:5Pages:3445-3461 |
DOI | 10.1002/2016JB012832 |
Abstract | P wave radial anisotropy tomography of the upper mantle beneath the central Tibetan plateau is derived using a large number of traveltime data of teleseismic events. Our results show a prominent high-velocity (high-V) zone which is separated by a low-velocity (low-V) anomaly beneath the Himalayan block, extending to similar to 33 degrees N, and a low-V zone down to similar to 300 km depth beneath the northern Qiangtang block. The upper mantle beneath northern Qiangtang exhibits a significant positive radial anisotropy (i.e., horizontal V-p > vertical V-p), implying lateral material flow rather than material upwelling in the upper mantle. In the central part of the study region, a prominent high-V zone exists at depths of 150 to 300 km and exhibits a negative radial anisotropy (i.e., horizontal V-p > vertical V-p), reflecting the subducting Indian lithospheric mantle. Variations of shear wave splitting in this region revealed by previous studies may be attributed to the low-V layer above the Indian lithospheric mantle. A high-V zone with a positive radial anisotropy is located beneath the southern Lhasa block, which is interpreted to be the northward underthrusting Indian lithospheric mantle. Multilayer radial anisotropy is detected beneath southern Tibet, which may reflect a complex deformation pattern there. |
Subject Area | 地球物理学 |
WOS ID | WOS:000381626900017 |
Language | 英语 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Keyword | Upper-mantle Beneath Indian Lithosphere Beneath Seismic Anisotropy Southern Tibet Surrounding Regions Velocity Structure Collision Zone Azimuthal Anisotropy Crustal Structure Uppermost Mantle |
Cooperation Status | 国际 |
Department | 碰撞与隆升 |
Subtype | Article |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7701 |
Collection | 图书馆 |
Corresponding Author | Zhang, H |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Lab Continental Collis & Plateau Uplift, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.MIT, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA 3.Tohoku Univ, Dept Geophys, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, H ,Zhao, DP ,Yu, CQ ,et al. Varying deformation patterns in central Tibet revealed by radial anisotropy tomography[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH,2016,121(5):3445-3461. |
APA | Zhang, H ,Zhao, DP ,Yu, CQ ,Zhao, JM ,&Zhang, H.(2016).Varying deformation patterns in central Tibet revealed by radial anisotropy tomography.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH,121(5),3445-3461. |
MLA | Zhang, H ,et al."Varying deformation patterns in central Tibet revealed by radial anisotropy tomography".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 121.5(2016):3445-3461. |
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