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Erratum to Velocity Structure of the Tibetan Lithosphere: Constraints from P-Wave Travel Times of Regional Earthquakes
Author(s) -
John Griffin,
Robert L. Nowack,
WangPing Chen,
T. Tseng
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bulletin of the seismological society of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1943-3573
pISSN - 0037-1106
DOI - 10.1785/0120110247
Subject(s) - lithosphere , geology , seismology , geodesy , travel time , geophysics , tectonics , engineering , transport engineering
Using data from regional earthquakes recorded by the Hi-CLIMB array in Tibet, we model P-wave arrival times to constrain the velocity structure in the crust and the upper mantle in central and western Tibet. Of more than 30 high-quality, regional seismic profiles that have been assembled, we have selected 10 that show excellent crustal and Pn arrivals for further analysis. Travel times from four events along the Hi-CLIMB array provide details on crustal velocities, and six events at regional distances to the array provide further constraints on Moho structure and upper-mantle-lid velocities. We use three-dimensional ray tracing to model the travel times, and the results indicate that the Moho beneath the Lhasa terrane of southern Tibet is over 73 km deep, with a Pn speed of about 8:2 km=s. The Qiangtang terrane north of the Bangong-Nujiang suture (BNS) shows a thinner crust, by up to 10 km, and a lower Pn speed of 7:8-7:9 km=s. Travel times from events to thewest and east of the array indicate that both Moho structure and mantle-lid velocities in the region are three-dimensional in nature but approximately follow the trend of the BNS. Although only a limited number of events were used for the travel-time modeling, the results are consistent with earlier results from teleseismic imaging using the Hi-CLIMB array.

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