Pn-wave velocity and anisotropy of the western Sichuan and Longmen Mountain region,China
Pn-wave velocity and anisotropy of the western Sichuan and Longmen Mountain region,China作者机构：Chinese Acad Sci Inst Geol & Geophys Key Lab Petr Resources Res Beijing 100029 Peoples R China Chengdu Univ Technol State Key Lab Geohazard Prevent & Geoenvironm Chengdu 610059 Peoples R China
出 版 物：《Science China Earth Sciences》 (中国科学（地球科学英文版）)
年 卷 期：2010年第53卷第11期
页 面：1665-1670页
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基 金：supported by the State Key Labora-tory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection Chengdu University of Technology (Grant No.DZKJ-0803)
主 题：western Sichuan Longmen Mountain Pn velocity anisotropy Wenchuan earthquake
摘 要：Pn-wave velocity and anisotropy beneath the western Sichuan and adjacent region are inverted by a tomography method using arrival data from earthquakes recorded by the Sichuan Earthquake Network. It is followed by an analysis of the uppermost mantle structure of the Longmen Mountain region and the deep tectonics of the Ms8.0 earthquake in Wenchuan. Our results reveal a prominent velocity contrast across the Longmenshan fault: low velocities in the Songpan-Ganzi mountain range and high velocities in the Sichuan basin. They indicate that the Songpan-Ganzi mountain range is underlain by a weak uppermost mantle, which is easy to create ductile flow, whereas the Sichuan basin has a mechanically strong uppermost mantle. These features reflect a difference of the lithospheric mantle beneath tectonically active mountain range and stable basin. The boundary between the high and low velocities is coincident with the Longmenshan fault. Bordered by Wenchuan, the northern part of the boundary is parallel to the fault belt and aftershock distribution, but the southern part of the boundary deviates from the fault belt and is bent toward the Sichuan basin. The Ms8.0 earthquake in Wenchuan is located at the flexural part between them, where a strong heterogeneity is shown in the velocity variation across and parallel to the boundary. This area is reasonably believed as a potential location for regional stress accumulation and release in the Longmen Mountain region, reflecting a prominent character in the deep structure around Wenchuan. Pn-wave anisotropy reveals the mantle flow that is consistent with the eastward movement of the Tibetan Plateau. This process provided deep dynamic sourse for tectonic deformation in the Longmen Mountain region and for the occurrence of the Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake, but it is clearly affected by the strong lithosphere of the Sichuan basin. There is no correlation between the Pn-wave anisotropy and the Longmenshan fault, hence, this fault system is on
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