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Crustal structure beneath the Indochina peninsula from teleseismic receiver functions
Author(s) -
Bai Ling,
Tian Xiaobo,
Ritsema Jeroen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2010gl044874
Subject(s) - geology , crust , peninsula , receiver function , seismology , block (permutation group theory) , structural basin , upper crust , shandong peninsula , fault (geology) , lithosphere , tectonics , paleontology , physical geography , geography , geometry , mathematics , archaeology
We analyze teleseismic receiver functions to determine the crustal structure beneath the Indochina peninsula which is located immediately south‐east of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis basin. We found that the Indochina peninsula is characterized by a thin (∼31 km) crust with a low Vp/Vs ratio (∼1.68). The intra‐lower crustal low‐velocity zone (LVZ) is observed beneath the northwestern part of our study region. We hypothesize that it is an extension of the lower crustal LVZ observed beneath the southeastern Tibet and the South China block and that it terminates at the Dien Bien Phu Fault (DBPF). A LVZ observed in the upper crust beneath southeast of the DBPF indicates that the crust is ductile and earthquakes are rare.