Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration (지구물리와물리탐사)

Korean Society of Earth and Exploration Geophysicists (한국지구물리·물리탐사학회)
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3D SV-wave Velocity Structure of East Asia using Rayleigh-Wave Tomography

레일리파 토모그래피를 사용한 동아시아의 3차원 SV파 속도구조

  • You, Seol-Han (Division of Geology and Geophysics, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Chang, Sung-Joon (Division of Geology and Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
  • 유설한 (강원대학교 지질.지구물리학부) ;
  • 장성준 (강원대학교 지질.지구물리학부)
  • Received : 2016.11.29
  • Accepted : 2017.01.31
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

We construct 3D SV-wave velocity structure of the crust and the upper mantle beneath East Asia from Rayleighwave group-velocity measurements. For the construction of the SV-wave velocity model at 10 ~ 100 km depth, we used seismic data recorded at 321 broadband stations in Korea, Japan, and China. Rayleigh-wave group-velocity dispersion curves were obtained by using the multiple filtering technique in the period range from 3 to 150 s. High SV-velocity anomalies are imaged beneath the East Sea from 10 km depth to deeper depth, implying that the Moho beneath the East Sea is between at 10 ~ 20 km depth. We estimated the Moho beneath the Korean peninsula to be around 35 km based on the depth where a high-velocity anomaly is observed. The SV-wave velocity model shows prominent fast S-velocity anomalies near northeastern Japan, associated with the subducting Pacific plate. Low-velocity anomalies are found beneath the east coast of the Korean peninsula at 100 km depth, which may play a role in the formation of the Ulleungdo and the Ulleung basin. We observed low-velocity anomalies beneath the Yamato basin at 100 km depth as well, which may indicate the upwelling of fluid from the Pacific plate via dehydration at deeper depth.

동아시아 지역에 대한 지각과 상부맨틀의 속도구조를 파악하기 위해서, 레일리파 분산곡선에서 측정한 군속도 값을 사용하여 SV파 토모그래피 역산을 수행하였다. 한국, 일본, 그리고 중국에 설치된 253개의 광대역 관측소에 기록된 321개의 지진자료를 사용하였다. 다중필터기법(multiple filtering technique)을 사용하여, 3 ~ 150초 사이의 주기 범위에 대하여, 5,167개의 레일리파 분산 곡선을 획득한 후, 역산을 수행하여 깊이 10 ~ 100 km에 대한 SV파 토모그래피 모델을 얻었다. 다른 지역과는 다르게 동해지역 하부의 깊이 10 km에서 고속도 이상이 관찰되며 깊이 15 ~ 20 km에서는 강한 고속도 이상이 관측되는데, 이는 맨틀물질의 존재를 나타내는 것으로 생각된다. 따라서 모호면의 깊이가 주변지역에 비해 얕다는 것으로 추정되며, 이를 바탕으로 동해지역의 지각 두께는 10 ~ 20 km 사이로 판단된다. 고속도 이상의 존재 여부로 판단할 때, 한반도 지역의 모호면은 35 km 깊이 부근에 존재하는 것으로 생각된다. 일본열도 북동쪽 지역에서 좁은 범위지만 태평양판의 섭입이 관찰된다. 강원도 연안 하부의 100 km 깊이에서 강한 저속도 이상이 보이며, 이는 울릉도와 울릉분지 형성에 영향을 끼친 용융체의 존재로 생각된다. 또한, 야마토 분지 하부의 100 km 깊이에서 강한 저속도 이상체가 관찰되며, 이는 유체탈수(dehydration) 작용으로 인해 태평양판으로부터 유체가 빠져 나온 후 상승하면서 생성된 저속도 이상체로 해석된다.

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