Constraining velocity and density contrasts across the crust-mantle boundary with receiver function amplitudes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 286-301

  Julià, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Mohodis continuity; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AVO METHOD; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEPTH DETERMINATION; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVELENGTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIAN SHIELD; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 35248819120     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.03502.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Aki, K. & Richards, P.G., 2002. Quantitative Seismology, 2nd ed., University Science Books, Sausalito, California, USA.
2. Ammon, C.J., 1991. The isolation of receiver effects from teleseismic P waveforms, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 81, 2504-2510.
3. Ammon, C.J., Randall, G.E. & Zandt, G., 1990. On the nonuniqueness of receiver function inversions, J. geophys. Res., 95, 15 303-15 318.
4. Banda, E., Suriñach, E., Aparicio, A., Sierra, J. & Ruiz de la Parte, E., 1981. Crust and upper mantle structure of the central Iberian Meseta (Spain), Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 67, 779-789.
5. Bostock, M.G., 1999. Seismic waves converted from velocity gradient anomalies in the Earth's upper mantle, Geophys. J. Int., 138, 747-756.
6. Christensen, N.I., 1996. Poisson's ratio and crustal seismology, J. geophys. Res., 101, 3139-3156.
7. Christensen, N.I. & Mooney, W.D., 1995. Seismic velocity structure and crustal composition of the continental crust: A global view, J. geophys. Res., 100, 9761-9788.
8. Clayton, R.W. & Wiggins, R.A., 1976. Source shape estimation and deconvolution of teleseismic body waves, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 47, 151-177.
9. Gupta, S., Rai, S.S., Prakasam, K.S., Srinagesh, D., Bansal, B.K., Chadha, R.K., Priestley, K. & Gaur, V.K. (2003). The nature of the crust in southern India: Implications for Precambrian crustal evolution, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(8), 1419, doi:.
10. Efron, B. & Tibshirani, R., 1991. Statistical data analysis in the computer age, Science, 253, 390-395.
11. Gómez-Ortiz, D., Tejero-López, R., Babín-Vich, R. & Rivas-Ponce, A., 2005. Crustal density structure in the Spanish Central System derived from gravity data analysis (Central Spain), Tectonophysics, 403, 131-149.
12. Herrmann, R.B. & Ammon, C.J., 2002. Computer Programs in Seismology, version 3.30, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri.
13. Holbrook, W.S., Mooney, W.D. & Christensen, N.I., 1992. The seismic velocity structure of the deep continental crust, in Continental Lower Crust, pp. 1-44, eds Fountain, D.M., Arculus, R. & Kay, R.W., Elsevier, Amsterdam.
14. Julià, J. & Mejía, J., 2004. Thickness and Vp/Vs ratio variation in the Iberian crust, Geophys. J. Int., 156, 59-72.
15. Julià, J., Ammon, C.J., Herrmann, R.B. & Correig, A.M., 2000. Joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave dispersion observations, Geophys. J. Int., 143, 99-112.
16. Julià, J., Herrmann, R.B., Ammon, C.J. & Akinci, A., 2004. Evaluation of deep sediment velocity structure in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94, 334-340.
17. Kern, H. & Richter, A., 1981. Temperature derivatives of compressional and shear wave velocities in crustal and mantle rocks at 6 kbar confining pressure, J. Geophys, 49, 47-56.
18. Langston, C.A., 1979. Structure under Mount Rainier, Washington, inferred from teleseismic body waves, J. geophys. Res., 84, 4749-4762.
19. Ligorría, J.P. & Ammon, C.J., 1999. Iterative deconvolution of teleseismic seismograms and receiver function estimation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 89, 1395-1400.
20. Lodge, A. & Helffrich, G., 2006. A depleted swell root beneath the Cape Verde Islands, Geology, 34, 449-452.
21. Matte, P., 2001. The Variscan collage and orogeny (480-290 Ma) and the tectonic definition of the Armorica microplate: A review, Terra Nova, 13, 122-128.
22. Niu, F. & James, D.E., 2002. Fine structure of the lowermost crust beneath the Kaapvaal craton and its implications for crustal formation and evolution, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 200, 121-130.
23. Owens, T.J. & Zandt, G., 1985. The response of the continental crust-mantle boundary observed on broadband teleseismic receiver functions, J. geophys. Res., 12, 705-708.
24. Owens, T.J., Zandt, G. & Taylor, S.R., 1984. Seismic evidence fo an ancient rift beneath the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee: A detailed analysis of broadband teleseismic P waveforms, J. geophys. Res., 89, 7783-7795.
25. Rai, S.S., Priestley, K., Suryaprakasam, K., Srinagesh, D., Gaur, V.K. & Du, Z., 2003. Crustal shear velocity structure of the south Indian shield, J. geophys. Res., 108, 2088, doi:.
26. Richards, P.G., 1972. Seismic waves reflected from velocity gradient anomalies within the Earth's upper mantle, J. Geophys., 38, 517-527.
27. Rudnick, R.L. & Fountain, D.M., 1995. Nature and composition of the continental crust: A lower crustal perspective, Rev. Geophys., 33, 267-309.
28. Rudnick, R.L. & Gao, S., 2003. Composition of the Continental Crust, in Treatise of Geochemistry, Vol. 3, pp. 1-64, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
29. Sandvol, E., Seber, D., Calvert, A. & Barzangi, M., 1998. Grid search modeling of receiver functions: Implications for crustal structure in the Middle East and North Africa, J. geophys. Res., 103, 26 899-26 917.
30. Surĩach, E. & Vegas, R., 1988. Lateral inhomogeneities of the Hercynian crust in central Spain, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 51, 226-234.
31. Van Meijde, M., Van der Lee, S. & Giardini, D., 2003. Crustal structure beneath broadband seismic stations in the Mediterranean region, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 729-739.
32. Villaseca, C., Downes, H., Pin, C. & Barbero, L., 1999. Nature and composition of the lower continental crust in central Spain and the granulite-granite linkage: Inferences from granulitic xenoliths, J. Petrol., 40, 1465-1496.
33. Zelt, B.C. & Ellis, R.M., 1998. Receiver function studies in the Trans-Hudson orogen, Saskatchewan, Can. J. Earth Sci., 36, 585-603.
34. Zhou, L., Chen, W-P. & Özalaybey, S., 2000. Seismic properties of the central Indian shield, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 90, 1295-1304.
35. Zhu, L. & Kanamori, H., 2000. Moho depth variation in southern California from teleseismic receiver functions, J. geophys. Res., 105, 2969-2980.