کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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9522064 | 1634959 | 2005 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Seismic attenuation in the Carpathian bend zone and surroundings
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موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه
علوم زمین و سیارات
علوم زمین و سیاره ای (عمومی)
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چکیده انگلیسی
We use measurements of crustal and upper mantle seismic attenuation in the southeastern Carpathian Arc and surroundings to test mantle responses to Tethys closure in this region. Active seismicity at the Carpathians' Vrancea bend zone can delimit lithosphere and asthenosphere distributions through attenuation observations at overlying seismic stations. We measure frequency-independent attenuation via an iterative spectral ratio method which compares P and S spectra for evolving time windows of both arrivals, yielding 400 individual estimates of apparent differential QS and one composite measurement based on a normalized sum of the spectral ratios determined for the individual Q estimates. The procedure allows exclusion of subtle multipathed phases with attenuation different from that of the direct arrivals and yields a robust estimate of the measurement uncertainty. Measurements are retained for interpretation if the mean of the 400 individual Q estimates and the composite spectra Q estimate fall within the standard deviation of the 400 measurements. Results for 65 earthquakes recorded at the German-Romanian K2 accelerometer network during 1999 fall into clear groups: attenuation is low (high QS) at stations east and north of the Vrancea zone on the East European platform, the Scythian Platform, and in the eastern portion of the Moesian Platform. Inconsistent results at stations west of the Intramoesian fault, including those in and around Bucharest, probably reflect strong site effects at several locales. Attenuation at stations above and near the Vrancea zone, and at stations in the Transylvanian Basin, is high (low QS), most likely due to the presence of hot, shallow asthenosphere in these areas. The technique we developed may ultimately yield a strong test of slab detachment and continental lithosphere delamination hypotheses put forth to explain the unusual seismicity and volcanism of the Carpathian arc.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters - Volume 237, Issues 3â4, 15 September 2005, Pages 695-709
Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters - Volume 237, Issues 3â4, 15 September 2005, Pages 695-709
نویسندگان
R.M. Russo, V. Mocanu, M. Radulian, M. Popa, K.-P. Bonjer,