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http://dx.doi.org/10.7582/GGE.2018.21.1.033

Three-dimensional S-wave Velocity Structure and Radial Anisotropy of Crust and Uppermost Mantle Beneath East Asia  

Lim, DoYoon (Division of Geology and Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
Chang, Sung-Joon (Division of Geology and Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.21, no.1, 2018 , pp. 33-40 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigate the crustal and uppermost mantle SV- and SH-wave velocity structure and radial anisotropy beneath East Asia including Korea, China and Japan. Rayleigh waves and Love waves were extracted from the seismic data recorded at broadband seismic stations in East Asia. Using the MFT (Multiple Filter Technique), we obtained group velocity dispersion curves of Rayleigh and Love waves with a period range of 3 to 200 s. We obtained 62466 Rayleigh-waves dispersion-curve measurements in vertical components and 54141 Love-waves dispersion-curve measurements in transverse components, respectively. The inverted models using these data sets provide SV- and SH-wave velocity structure of crust and uppermost mantle down to 100 km depth. In both cases of the S-wave velocity structures, strong high-velocity anomalies are observed down to 30 km depth beneath the East Sea, and deeper than 30 km depth, strong low-velocity anomalies are found beneath the Tibetan plateau. In the case of the SH-wave velocity structure, strong low-velocity anomalies are observed beneath the East Sea deeper than 30 km depth, leading to negative anisotropy. On the other hand, positive anisotropy is usually observed beneath the Tibetan plateau.
Keywords
surface wave; dispersion curve; radial anisotropy; tomography; East Asia;
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