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DOI | 10.1029/2019GL086856 |
Lateral Variations of Shear-Wave Velocity in the D '' Layer Beneath the Indian-Eurasian Plate Collision Zone | |
Li, Guohui1,2; Bai, Ling1; Ritsema, Jeroen3 | |
2020-03-28 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 47期号:6 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China; USA |
英文摘要 | Seismic tomography has demonstrated that the shear-wave velocity is relatively high over a 3,000-km wide region in the lowermost mantle beneath southern and eastern Asia. This seismic anomaly demarcates the current position of slab remnants that may have subducted in the Cretaceous. To further characterize the seismic structure at smaller scales, we measure 929 residual travel time differences (delta t) between the phases ScS and S using recordings of eight earthquakes beneath the Indian Ocean at stations from the Chinese Digital Seismic Network. We interpret variations of delta t up to 10 s as due to horizontal shear-velocity variations in D '' beneath northern India, Nepal, and southwestern China. The shear velocity can vary by as much as 7% over distances shorter than 300 km. Our observations provide additional observational evidence that compositional heterogeneity and possibly melt contribute to the seismic structure of the lower mantle characterized by long-term subduction and mantle downwelling. Plain Language Summary Seismic tomography indicates that the seismic wave speed is relatively high in the lowermost mantle (i.e., the D '' region) beneath regions, such as eastern Asia, influenced by subduction since the Mesozoic era. Our new analysis of the propagation time of shear-wave reflections off the outer core (i.e., the phase ScS) corroborates the result from seismic tomography that the shear velocity in D '' beneath eastern Asia is high overall. However, we also find that the shear velocity can vary by as much as 7% over distances shorter than 300 km within a region of D '' beneath northern India, Nepal, and southwestern China. This provides new evidence for the thermochemical nature of D '' beneath downwelling regions of the mantle. |
英文关键词 | D Indian-Eurasian plate collision zone 3-D synthetic waveform ScS and S phases compositional heterogeneity long-term subduction |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000529097700051 |
WOS关键词 | LOWERMOST MANTLE BENEATH ; SEISMIC EVIDENCE ; POST-PEROVSKITE ; MODEL ; BASE ; ANISOTROPY ; DISCONTINUITY ; HETEROGENEITY ; TOMOGRAPHY ; INVERSION |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/279787 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Continental Collis & Plateau Uplift, Beijing, Peoples R China; 2.China Earthquake Adm, Inst Earthquake Forecasting, Beijing, Peoples R China; 3.Univ Michigan, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Li, Guohui,Bai, Ling,Ritsema, Jeroen. Lateral Variations of Shear-Wave Velocity in the D '' Layer Beneath the Indian-Eurasian Plate Collision Zone[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2020,47(6). |
APA | Li, Guohui,Bai, Ling,&Ritsema, Jeroen.(2020).Lateral Variations of Shear-Wave Velocity in the D '' Layer Beneath the Indian-Eurasian Plate Collision Zone.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,47(6). |
MLA | Li, Guohui,et al."Lateral Variations of Shear-Wave Velocity in the D '' Layer Beneath the Indian-Eurasian Plate Collision Zone".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 47.6(2020). |
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