Crustal structure beneath Southwestern Mexico

Details Crustal structure beneath Southwestern Mexico Crustal structure beneath Southwestern Mexico

Dec 2007

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #S33A-1052

Physics

7200 Seismology, 7205 Continental Crust (1219)

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The MARS ( Mapping the Rivera Subduction zone ) project started in January 2006 deploying 50 broadband seismometers across southwestern Mexico for one and a half year duration. The stations were deployed in Jalisco, Michoacan and Colima states. The goal of the project is to understand the geometry of the Rivera and Cocos subducting plates and the effect of the subduction on the overriding plate. In this study, we employ the teleseismic receiver function technique to map out the lateral variation in Moho depth as well as the Vp/Vs ratio of the crust in this tectonically and magmatically active area. The ambiguity between the delay time of Ps and crustal Vp/Vs ratio is reduced by stacking later phases, the PpPs and PpSs + PsPs, for different values of Moho depth and Vp/Vs ratio (Zhu et al. ). An average crustal depth and crustal Vp/Vs ratio is obtained by finding the highest combination of parameters that give the largest amplitude stack. We find that the average Moho depth is 39 km but varies significantly from 25 to 45 km thick. The average crustal Vp/Vs ratio is 1.82 but is also variable ranging from 1.7 to 1.9. We will discuss correlations of crustal thickness and Vp/Vs ratio with crustal composition and magmatic activity.

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