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http://dx.doi.org/10.7582/GGE.2012.15.1.008

S-wave Velocity Structure Beneath the KS31 Seismic Station in Wonju, Korea Using the Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Surface-wave Dispersion Curves and the H-κ Stacking Method  

Jeon, Tae-Hyeon (Geological Research Division, KIGAM)
Kim, Ki-Young (Department of Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
Park, Yong-Cheol (Division of Polar Earth System Sciences, KOPRI)
Kang, Ik-Bum (Geological Research Division, KIGAM)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.15, no.1, 2012 , pp. 8-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
To estimate the S-wave velocity structure beneath the KS31 broad-band station in Wonju, Korea, we used $H-{\kappa}$ stacking and joint inversion of receiver functions and surface-wave dispersion curves derived from 297 teleseismic events (Mw > 5.5) recorded during the period between 2002 and 2009. We thereby determined that the average depth to a nearly flat Moho is $32.4{\pm}0.5\;km$ within tens of kilometer radius of the seismic station. For the crust at this location, we estimate an average shear-wave velocity of 3.69 km/s and a ratio of P- to S-wave velocities, $V_p/V_s$, of $1.72{\pm}0.04$, as is typical for continental crust. A negative phase in the receiver functions at 1 s indicates the presence of a shearwave low velocity layer in a depth interval of 10 to 18 km in the upper crust beneath the KS31 station.
Keywords
S-wave velocity; receiver function; $H-{\kappa}$ method; low velocity layer; Moho;
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