Tomographic Imaging of the India-Asia Plate Collisional Tectonics and Mantle Upwelling Beneath Western Tibet

作     者：ZHENG Hongwei LI Tingdong HE Rizheng YANG Hui NIU Xiao ZOU Changqiao ZHENG Hongwei;LI Tingdong;HE Rizheng;YANG Hui;NIU Xiao;ZOU Changqiao

作者机构：Institute of GeologyChinese Academy of Geological SciencesBeijing 100037China Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesBeijing 100037China Institute of GeophysicsChina Earthquake AdministrationBeijing 100081China Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen 518055China 

出 版 物：《Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)》 (地质学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第94卷第4期

页      面：1159-1166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] 08[工学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFC0600301) the Geological Investigation Project of China Geological Survey(Grant No.DD20190448,DD20190370) the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41374101,4171101169,41274095) 

主　　题：seismic tomography southward subduction of Asia lithosphere mantle northward subduction of Tibet lithosphere mantle Longmu Co-Shuanghu tectonic boundary zone 

摘      要：To better understand the lithosphere mantle collision tectonics between the India plate and Asia plate, we determine three dimensional P wave velocity structure beneath western Tibet using 27,439 arrival times from 2,174 teleseismic events recorded by 182 stations of Hi-CLIMB Project and 16 stations in the north of Hi-CLMB. Our tomographic images show the velocity structure significantly difference beneath northern and southern Qiangtang, which can further prove that the Longmu Co-Shuanghu ophiolitic belt is a significant tectonic boundary fault zone. There are two prominent high velocity anomalies and two prominent low velocity anomalies in our images. One obvious high velocity anomalies subduct beneath the Tibet at the long distance near 34°N, whereas it is broke off by an obvious low velocity anomaly under the IYS. We interpret them as northward subducting Indian lithosphere mantle and the low velocity anomanly under IYS likely reflects mantle material upwelling triggered by tearing of the northward subduction Indian lithosphere. The other prominent high velocity anomaly was imaged at a depth from 50 km to 200 km horizontal and up to the northern Qiangtang with its southern edge extending to about 34°N through Hoh Xil block. We infer it as the southward subducting Asia lithosphere mantle. The other widely low velocity anomaly beneath the Qiangtang block lies in the gap between the frontier of India plate and Asia plate, where is the channel of mantle material upwelling.