Q-structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau from the inversion of Love- and Rayleigh-wave attenuation data

Details Q-structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau from the inversion of Love- and Rayleigh-wave attenuation data Q-structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau from the inversion of Love- and Rayleigh-wave attenuation data

Aug 1982

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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 29, Issue 2, p. 183-194.

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The fundamental mode Love and Rayleigh waves generated by ten earthquakes and recorded across the Tibet Plateau, at QUE, LAH, NDI, NIL, KBL, SHL, CHG, SNG and HKG are analysed. Love- and Rayleigh-wave attenuation coefficients are obtained at time periods of 5-120 s using the spectral amplitudes of these waves for 23 different paths. Love wave attenuation coefficient varies from 0.0021 km-1, at a period of 10 s, to 0.0002 km-1 at a period of 90 s, attaining two maxima at time periods of 10 and 115 s, and two minima at time periods of 25 and 90 s. The Rayleigh-wave attenuation coefficient also shows a similar trend. The very low value for the dissipation factor, Qβ, obtained in this study suggests high dissipation across the Tibetan paths. Backus-Gilbert inversion theory is applied to these surface wave attenuation data to obtain average Qβ-1 models for the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Tibetan Plateau. Independent inversion of Love- and Rayleigh-wave attenuation data shows very high attenuation at a depth of ~50-120 km (Qβ ⋍ 10). The simultaneous inversion of the Love and Rayleigh wave data yields a model which includes alternating regions of high and low Qβ-1 values. This model also shows a zone of high attenuating material at a depth of ~40-120 km. The very high inferred attenuation at a depth of ~40-120 km supports the hypothesis that the Tibetan Plateau was formed by horizontal compression, and that thickening occurred after the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates.

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