Upper mantle Q and thermal structure beneath Tanzania, East Africa from teleseismic P wave spectra

Details Upper mantle Q and thermal structure beneath Tanzania, East Africa from teleseismic P wave spectra Upper mantle Q and thermal structure beneath Tanzania, East Africa from teleseismic P wave spectra

Aug 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3115611v&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 15, CiteID L15611

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Mineral Physics: Elasticity And Anelasticity, Seismology: Body Wave Propagation, Seismology: Lithosphere And Upper Mantle, Tectonophysics: Continental Tectonics-Extensional (0905), Tectonophysics: Earth'S Interior-Composition And State

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We measure P wave spectral amplitude ratios from deep-focus earthquakes recorded at broadband seismic stations of the Tanzania network to estimate regional variation of sublithospheric mantle attenuation beneath the Tanzania craton and the eastern branch of the East African Rift. One-dimensional profiles of QP adequately explain the systematic variation of P wave attenuation in the sublithospheric upper mantle: QP ~ 175 beneath the cratonic lithosphere, while it is ~ 80 beneath the rifted lithosphere. By combining the QP values and a model of P wave velocity perturbations, we estimate that the temperature beneath the rifted lithosphere (100-400 km depth) is 140-280 K higher than ambient mantle temperatures, consistent with the observation that the 410 km discontinuity in this region is depressed by 30-40 km.

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