Three-dimensional seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath the central part of the Eurasian continent

Details Three-dimensional seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath the central part of the Eurasian continent Three-dimensional seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath the central part of the Eurasian continent

May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998geoji.133..467k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 133, Issue 2, pp. 467-489.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Baikal Rift Zone, Central Eurasia, Convection, Inverse Teleseismic Scheme, Plume, Seismic Tomography

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This work is a study of the upper-mantle seismic structure beneath the central part of the Eurasian continent, including the northern Mongolia, Altai and Sayan orogenic areas and the Baikal rift zone. Seismic velocity models are reconstructed using the inverse teleseismic scheme. This scheme uses information from earthquakes located within the study area recorded by the Worldwide Network. The seismic anomaly structure is obtained for different volumes in the study area that partially overlap one another. Special attention has been paid to the reliability of the results: several noise and resolution comparisons are made. The main results are as follows. (1) A cell structure of anomalies is observed beneath the Altai-Sayan region: positive, cold anomalies correspond to regions of recent orogenesis, negative anomalies are located beneath the depression of the Great Lakes in Mongolia and Hubsugul Lake. (2) A large negative anomaly is observed beneath the Hangai dome in Mongolia. (3) Strong velocity variations are obtained in a zone around Baikal Lake. A large negative anomaly is traced beneath the southern margin of the Siberian craton down to a depth of 700km. Contrasting positive anomalies (4-5 per cent) are observed at a depth of 100-300km beneath the Baikal rift. Our geodynamical interpretation of the velocity structure obtained beneath central Asia involves the existence of two processes in the mantle: thermal convection with regular cells, and a narrow plume beneath the southern border of the Siberian plate.

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