Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002geoji.151..393o&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 151, Issue 2, pp. 393-402.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Anisotropy, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Long-Range Profiles, Sks Splitting, Upper Mantle
Scientific paper
Azimuthal anisotropy in the upper mantle of many continental regions is documented by S-wave splitting measurements with SKS techniques. Here we present observations of splitting of the SKS seismic phase at seismograph stations in the Siberian platform, where few such data were known previously. The parameters of splitting are coherent: the fast direction everywhere is around 150°, and the delay of the slow split wave is close to 1.0 s. These observations provide no constraints on the distribution of anisotropy with depth. However, the Siberian platform is remarkable in that it is covered by a network of long-range profiles, where P waves from nuclear explosions are recorded at epicentral distances of 2000 km and more. Depending on epicentral distance these waves sample the upper mantle from the Moho to the transition zone. Two profiles run approximately parallel to the fast direction of the azimuthal anisotropy, whereas the directions of the two others are intermediate between the fast and slow. We examine the observed P traveltimes for their dependence on the azimuth and epicentral distance. With the available data on elastic anisotropy in mantle xenoliths, the values of P-wave anisotropy for horizontal propagation can be used to evaluate S-wave splitting for vertical propagation. It appears that the upper mantle between the Moho and 150 km depth is responsible for not more than about 30 per cent of the large-scale effect in the SKS phase. The major effect is accumulated in a broad low-velocity zone, the top of which is found at a depth of 150 km. Anisotropy within this zone can be caused by recent mantle flow. A similar distribution with depth might explain discrepancies between the estimates of azimuthal anisotropy from phase velocities of surface waves and SKS splitting in North America and South Africa.
Kind Rainer
Kosarev Grigoriy
Makeyeva Larissa
Oreshin Serge
Vinnik Lev
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