Shallow velocity structure of the Luoyang basin derived from dense array observations of urban ambient noise

作     者：Ming Zhou Xiaofeng Tian Fuyun Wang Yunhao Wei Hailiang Xin 

作者机构：Geophysical Exploration CenterChina Earthquake Administration 

出 版 物：《Earthquake Science》 (地震学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第31卷第5期

页      面：252-261页

核心收录：

学科分类：081801[工学-矿产普查与勘探] 081802[工学-地球探测与信息技术] 0709[理学-地质学] 0819[工学-矿业工程] 08[工学] 0707[理学-海洋科学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0814[工学-土木工程] 0825[工学-航空宇航科学与技术] 0704[理学-天文学] 

基　　金：supported by the China Spark Program(No.XH17055Y) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41574084) 

主　　题：ambient noise tomography three-dimensional velocity structure Luoyang basin dense array 

摘      要：Determining the shallow structure of a sediment basin is important when evaluating potential seismic hazards given that such basins can significantly amplify seismic energy. The Luoyang basin is located in the western He’nan uplift and is a Meso-Cenozoic depression basin. To characterize the shallow structure of the basin, we develop a model of the shallow high-resolution three-dimensional(3D)shear-wave velocity structure of the basin by applying ambient noise tomography to a dense array of 107 portable digital seismometers deployed over the basin. More than 1,400 Rayleigh-wave dispersion curves for periods in the range 0.5–5 s are extracted. The 3D variations of shear-wave velocity in the shallow crust are inverted using a direct surface-wave tomographic method with period-dependent ray tracing, with all the surface-wave group-velocity dispersion data being inverted simultaneously. The results show that in the shallow crust of the study area, the velocity distribution corresponds to surface geology and geological features. The Luoyang basin exhibits a low shear-wave velocity feature that is consistent with the distribution of sediment in the region,while the Xiongershan and Songshan uplifts exhibit higher shear-wave velocity structures. The results provide a shallow high-resolution 3D velocity model that can be used as a basis for simulation of strong ground motion and evaluation of potential seismic hazards.