High-resolution body wave tomography models of the upper mantle beneath eastern China and the adjacent areas

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Liang ^a   Allen, Richard M ^b   Zheng, Tianyu ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

body wave tomography; eastern China; upper mantle structures

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARCHEAN; BODY WAVES; CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CENOZOIC; COMPRESSIONAL; EASTERN CHINA; GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MESOZOIC; MULTISCALES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NORTH CHINA CRATON; RESOLUTION TESTS; SALIENT FEATURES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SHEAR LOCALIZATIONS; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STRESS REGIME; THERMAL ANOMALIES; THERMAL STATE; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; UPPER MANTLE; UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BODY WAVE; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; HETEROGENEITY; MESOZOIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84862282820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004119     Document Type: Article

References (78)

1. Ai, Y., and T. Zheng (2003), The upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath eastern China, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(21), 2089, doi:10.1029/ 2003GL017678.
2. Ai, Y., Q. Chen, F. Zeng, X. Hong, and W. Ye (2007), The crust and upper mantle structure beneath southeastern China, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 260, 549-563, doi:10.1016/j. epsl.2007.06.009. (Pubitemid 47078790)
3. Allen, R. M., et al. (2002), Imaging the mantle beneath Iceland using integrated seismological techniques, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B12), 2325, doi:10.1029/2001JB000595.
4. Cammarano, F., S. Goes, P. Vacher, and D. Giardini (2003), Inferring upper-mantle temperatures from seismic velocity, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 138, 197-222, doi:10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00156-0. (Pubitemid 37307201)
5. Chang, X., K. Liu, J. He, and H. Sun (2007), Lower velocities beneath the Taihang Mountains, Northeastern China, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 97, 1364-1369, doi:10.1785/0120060210. (Pubitemid 47288435)
6. Chen, L., and Y. Ai (2009), Discontinuity structure of the mantle transition zone beneath the North China Craton from receiver function migration, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B06307, doi:10.1029/2008JB006221.
7. Chen, L., T. Wang, L. Zhao, and T. Zheng (2008), Distinct lateral variation of lithospheric thickness in the Northeastern North China Craton, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 267, 56-68, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.024.
8. Dahlen, F. A., S. H. Hung, and G. Nolet (2000), Fréchet kernels for finite-frequency traveltimes-I. Theory, Geophys. J. Int., 141, 157-174, doi:10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00070.x. (Pubitemid 30239392)
9. Ekström, G., and A. M. Dziewonski (1998), The unique anisot-ropy of the Pacific upper mantle, Nature, 394, 168-172, doi:10.1038/28148. (Pubitemid 28325967)
10. Faure, M., W. Lin, and N. L. Breton (2001), Where is the North China-South China block boundary in eastern China?, Geology, 29, 119-122, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2001) 0292.0.CO;2. (Pubitemid 34050133)
11. Feng, M., S. van der Lee, M. An, and Y. Zhao (2010), Litho-spheric thickness, thinning, subduction, and interaction with the asthenosphere beneath China from the joint inversion of seismic S-wave train fits and Rayleigh-wave dispersion curves, Lithos, 120, 116-130, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.11.017.
12. Goes, S., and S. van der Lee (2002), Thermal structure of the North American uppermost mantle inferred from seismic tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B3), 2050, doi:10.1029/2000JB000049.
13. Griffin, W. L., A. D. Zhang, S. Y. O'Reilly, and C. G. Ryan (1998), Phanerozoic evolution of the lithosphere beneath the Sino-Korean craton, in Mantle Dynamics and Plate Interactions in East Asia, Geodyn. Ser., vol. 27, edited by M. F. J. Flower et al., pp. 107-126, AGU, Washington, D. C., doi:10.1029/GD027p0107.
14. Gripp, A. E., and R. G. Gordon (2002), Young tracks of hot-spots and current plate velocities, Geophys. J. Int., 150, 321-361, doi:10.1046/j.1365- 246X.2002.01627.x. (Pubitemid 34842576)
15. Hammond, W. C., and E. D. Humphreys (2000), Upper mantle seismic wave velocity: Effects of realistic partial melt geometries, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 10,975-10,986, doi:10.1029/2000JB900041.
16. Hearn, T. M., S. Wang, J. F. Ni, Z. Xu, Y. Yu, and X. Zhang (2004), Uppermost mantle velocities beneath China and surrounding regions, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11301, doi:10.1029/2003JB002874. (Pubitemid 40294839)
17. Hu, S., L. He, and J. Wang (2000), Heat flow in the continental area of China: A new data set, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 179, 407-419, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00126-6. (Pubitemid 30467352)
18. Huang, J., and D. Zhao (2006), High-resolution mantle tomography of China and surrounding regions, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B09305, doi:10.1029/ 2005JB004066. (Pubitemid 46978489)
19. Huang, Z., W. Su, Y. Peng, Y. Zheng, and H. Li (2003), Rayleigh wave tomography of China and adjacent regions, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B2), 2073, doi:10.1029/2001JB001696.
20. Huang Z., H. Li, Y. Zheng, and Y. Peng (2009), The litho-sphere of North China Craton from surface wave tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 288, 164-173, doi:10.1016/j. epsl.2009.09.019.
21. Hung, S., F. A. Dahlen, and G. Nolet (2000), Fréchet kennels for finite-frequency traveltimes-II, Examples, Geophys. J. Int., 141, 175-203, doi:10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00072.x. (Pubitemid 30239393)
22. Hung, S., Y. Shen, and L. Chiao (2004), Imaging seismic velocity structure beneath the Iceland hot spot: A finite frequency approach, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B08305, doi:10.1029/2003JB002889. (Pubitemid 39428439)
23. Jiao, W. F., Y. B. Wu, S. H. Yang, M. Peng, and J. Wang (2009), The oldest basement rock in the Yangtze Craton revealed by zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope composition, Sci. Chin. Ser. D Earth Sci., 52, 1393-1399, doi:10.1007/s11430-009-0135-7.
24. Kennett, B. L. N., and E. R. Engdahl (1991), Traveltimes for global earthquake location and phase identification, Geophys. J. Int., 105, 429-465, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1991.tb06724.x.
25. Koulakov, I., M. K. Kaban, M. Tesauro, and S. Cloetingh (2009), P-and S-velocity anomalies in the upper mantle beneath Europe from tomographic inversion of ISC data, Geophys. J. Int., 179, 345-366, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X. 2009.04279.x.
26. Lebedev, S., and G. Nolet (2003), Upper mantle beneath Southeast Asia from S velocity tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B1), 2048, doi:10.1029/2000JB000073.
27. Lei, J., and D. Zhao (2005), P wave tomography and origin of the Changbai intraplate volcano in northeast Asia, Tectono-physics, 397, 281-295, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.12.009. (Pubitemid 40318194)
28. Li, C., and R. D. van der Hilst (2010), Structure of the upper mantle and transition zone beneath Southeast Asia from travel-time tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B07308, doi:10.1029/2009JB006882.
29. Li, C., R. D. van der Hilst, and M. N. Toksöz (2006), Constraining P wave velocity variations in the upper mantle beneath Southeast Asia, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 154, 180-195, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2005.09.008. (Pubitemid 43174827)
30. Li, C., R. D. van der Hilst, E. R. Engdahl, and S. Burdick (2008), A new global model for P wave speed variations in Earth's mantle, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q05018, doi:10.1029/2007GC001806.
31. Li, X. H. (2000), Cretaceous magmatism and lithospheric extension in Southeast China, J. Southeast Asian Sci., 18, 293-305.
32. Li, X. H., Z. X. Li, B. He, W. X. Li, Q. L. Li, Y. Y. Gao, and X. C. Wang (2012), The Early Permian active continental margin and crustal growth of the Cathaysia Block: In situ U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotope analyses of detrital zircons, Chem. Geol., doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.027, in press.
33. Li, Z. X., and X. H. Li (2007), Formation of the 1300 km-wide intra-continental orogen and post-orogenic magmatic province in Mesozoic South China: A flat-slab subduction model, Geology, 35, 179-182, doi:10.1130/G23193A. 1.
34. Lin, W., Q. Wang, and K. Chen (2008), Phanerozoic tectonics of south China block: New insights from the polyphase deformation in the Yunkai massif, Tectonics, 27, TC6004, doi:10.1029/2007TC002207.
35. Liu, C. Z., Z. C. Liu, F. Y. Wu, and Z. Y. Chu (2012), Meso-zoic accretion of juvenile sub-continental lithospheric mantle beneath South China and its implications: Geochemical and Re-Os isotopic results from Ningyuan mantle xenoliths, Chem. Geol., 291, 186-198, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.006.
36. Liu, D. Y., A. P. Nutman, W. Compston, J. S. Wu, and Q. H. Shen (1992), Remnants of 3800 Ma crust in the Chinese part of the Sino-Korean craton, Geology, 20, 339-342, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1992)0202.3.CO;2.
37. Lu, G., B. Kaus, and L. Zhao (2011), Thermal localization as a potential mechanism for craton breakup, Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter., 186, 125-137, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2011.04.006.
38. Meng, Q. R., and G. W. Zhang (2000), Geologic framework and tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, central China, Tectonophysics, 323, 183-196, doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(00) 00106-2.
39. Meng, Q. R., E. Wang, and J. M. Hu (2005), Mesozoic sedimentary evolution of the northwest Sichuan basin: Implication for continued clockwise rotation of the South China block, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 117, 396-410, doi:10.1130/B25407. 1. (Pubitemid 40427052)
40. Menzies, M. A., W. M. Fan, and M. Zhang (1993), Palaeozoic and Cenozoic lithoprobes and the loss of >120 km of Archean lithosphere, Sino-Korean craton, China, in Magmatic Processes and Plate Tectonics, edited by H. M. Prichard et al., Geol. Soc Spec. Publ., 76, 71-81, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.076. 01.04. (Pubitemid 24422018)
41. Niu, Y. L. (2005), Generation and evolution of basaltic magmas: Some basic concepts and a new view on the origin of Mesozoic-Cenozoic basaltic volcanism in eastern China, Geol. J. Chin. Univ., 11, 9-46.
42. Obrebski, M., R. M. Allen, F. Zhang, J. Pan, Q. Wu, and S.-H. Hung (2012), Shear wave tomography of China using joint inversion of body and surface wave constraints, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B01311, doi:10.1029/2011JB008349.
43. Paige, C. C., and M. A. Saunders (1982), LSQR: An algorithm for sparse linear-equations and sparse least-squares, Trans. Math. Software, 8, 43-71, doi:10.1145/355984.355989.
44. Ren, J., K. Tamaki, S. Li, and J. X. Zhang (2002), Late Meso-zoic and Cenozoic rifting and its dynamic setting in Eastern China and adjacent areas, Tectonophysics, 344, 175-205, doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00271-2. (Pubitemid 34414446)
45. Schmandt, B., and E. Humphreys (2010), Complex subduction and small-scale convection revealed by body-wave tomography of the western United States upper mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 297, 435-445, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.047.
46. Sun, W. D., X. Ding, Y. H. Hu, and X. H. Li (2007), The golden transformation of the Cretaceous plate subduction in the west Pacific, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 262, 533-542, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.021. (Pubitemid 47553550)
47. Sun, Y., and M. N. Toksöz (2006), Crustal structure of China and surrounding regions from P wave traveltime tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B03310, doi:10.1029/2005JB003962. (Pubitemid 43670748)
48. Sun, Y., M. N. Toksöz, S. Pei, D. Zhao, F. D. Morgan, and A. Rosca (2008a), S wave tomography of the crust and uppermost mantle in China, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B11307, doi:10.1029/2008JB005836.
49. Sun, Y., M. N. Toksöz, S. Pei, and F. D. Morgan (2008b), The layered shear wave velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle in China, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 98, 746-755, doi:10.1785/0120050222. (Pubitemid 351596771)
50. Tian, Y., D. Zhao, R. Sun, and J. Teng (2009), Seismic imaging of the crust and upper mantle beneath the North China craton, Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter., 172, 169-182, doi:10.1016/j. pepi.2008.09.002.
51. Vandecar, J. C., and R. S. Crosson (1990), Determination of teleseismic relative phase arrival Times using multi-channel cross-correlation and least-squares, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 80, 150-169.
52. Wang, F., X. H. Zhou, L. C. Zhang, J. F. Ying, Y. T. Zhang, F. Y. Wu, and R. X. Zhu (2006), Late Mesozoic volcanism in the Great Xing'an Range (NE) China: Timing and implications for the dynamic setting of NE Asia, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 251, 179-198, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.007. (Pubitemid 44615701)
53. Wang, Q., J. W. Li, P. Jian, Z. H. Zhao, X. L. Xiong, Z. W. Bao, J. F. Xu, C. F. Li, and J. L. Ma (2005), Alkaline syenites in eastern Cathaysia (South China): Link to Permian-Triassic transtension, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 230, 339-354, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.11.023.
54. Wei, Z. G., L. Chen, and W. Xu (2011), Crustal thickness and Vp/Vs ratio of the central and western North China Craton and its tectonic implications, Geophys. J. Int., 186, 385-389, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05089.x.
55. Wen, L., and D. L. Anderson (1995), the fate of the slabs inferred from seismic tomography and 130 Ma subduction, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 133, 185-198, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(95)00064-J.
56. Wu, F. Y., R. J. Walker, X. W. Ren, D. Y. Sun, and X. H. Zhou (2003), Osmium isotopic constraints on the age of lithospheric mantle beneath northeastern China, Chem. Geol., 196, 107-129, doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00409- 6. (Pubitemid 36509048)
57. Wu, F. Y., J. Q. Lin, S. A. Wilde, X. O. Zhang, and J. H. Yang (2005), Nature and significance of the Early Cretaceous giant igneous event in eastern China, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 233, 103-119, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.019.
58. Wu, F. Y., D. Sun, W. Ge, Y. Zhang, M. L. Grant, S. A. Wilde, and B. M. Jahn (2011), Geochronology of the Phanerozoic granitoids in northeastern China, J. Asian Earth Sci., 41, 1-30, doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.11.014.
59. Xiang, H., L. Zhang, H. W. Zhou, Z. Q. Zhong, W. Zeng, R. Liu, and S. Jin (2008), U-Pb zircon geochronology and Hf isotope study of metamorphosed basic-ultrabasic rocks from metamorphic basement in southwestern Zhejiang: The response of the Cathaysia Block to Indosinian orogenic event, Sci. China, Ser. D Earth Sci., 51, 788-800, doi:10.1007/s11430-008-0053-0. (Pubitemid 351715966)
60. Xiao, W. J., B. F. Windley, J. Hao, and M. G. Zhai (2003), Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: Termination of the Central Asian orogenic belt, Tectonics, 22(6), 1069, doi:10.1029/2002TC001484.
61. Xu, P., and D. Zhao (2009), Upper-mantle velocity structure beneath the North China Craton: Implications for litho-spheric thinning, Geophys. J. Int., 177, 1279-1283, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04120.x.
62. Xu, W. W., T. Y. Zheng, and L. Zhao (2011), Mantle dynamics of the reactivating North China Craton: Constraints from the topographies of the 410-km and 660-km discontinuities, Sci. Chin. Earth Sci., 54, 881-887, doi:10.1007/s11430-010-4163-0.
63. Yang, J. H., F. Y. Wu, S. A. Wilde, E. Belousova, and W. L. Griffin (2008), Mesozoic decratonization of the North China block, Geology, 36, 467-470, doi:10.1130/G24518A.1. (Pubitemid 351903359)
64. Yin, A. (2010), Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Asia: Preliminary synthesis, Tectonophysics, 488, 293-325, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.06.002.
65. Yu, J., W. Shen, L. Wang, L. Shu, and T. Sun (2006), Cathay-sia block: A young continent composed of ancient materials, Geol. J. Chin. Univ., 12, 440-447.
66. Zhang, K. (1997), North and South China collision along the eastern and southern North China margins, Tectonophysics, 270, 145-156, doi:10.1016/S0040- 1951(96)00208-9.
67. Zhao, D., J. Lei, and Y. Tang (2004), Origin of the Changbai volcano in northeast China: Evidence from seismic tomography, Chin. Sci. Bull., 49, 1401-1408, doi:10.1360/04wd0125. (Pubitemid 44561170)
68. Zhao, D., S. Maruyama, and S. Omori (2007), Mantle dynamics of Western Pacific and East Asia: Insight from seismic tomography and mineral physics, Gondwana Res., 11, 120-131, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2006.06.006. (Pubitemid 44873903)
69. Zhao, G. C., S. A. Wilde, P. A. Cawood, and M. Sun (2001), Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: Lithological, geochemical, structural and P-T path constraints and tectonic evolution, Precambrian Res., 107, 45-73, doi:10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00154-6. (Pubitemid 32249488)
70. Zhao, L., and M. Xue (2010), Mantle flow pattern and geody-namic cause of the North China Craton reactivation: Evidence from seismic anisotropy, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q07010, doi:10.1029/2010GC003068.
71. Zhao, L., R. M. Allen, T. Y. Zheng, and S. Hung (2009), Reactivation of an Archean craton: Constraints from P-and S-wave tomography in North China, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17306, doi:10.1029/2009GL039781.
72. Zhao, L., T. Y. Zheng, G. Lu, and Y. S. Ai (2011), No direct correlation of mantle flow beneath the North China Craton to the India-Eurasia collision: Constraints from new SKS wave splitting measurements, Geophys. J. Int., 187, 1027-1037, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05201.x.
73. Zhao, X. X., and R. S. Coe (1987), Paleomagnetic constraints on the collision and rotation of north and south China, Nature, 327, 141-144, doi:10.1038/327141a0.
74. Zheng, T. Y., L. Zhao, W. W. Xu, and R. X. Zhu (2008), Insight into modification of North China Craton from seis-mological study in the Shandong Province, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L22305, doi:10.1029/2008GL035661.
75. Zheng, X. F., Z. X. Yao, J. H. Liang, and J. Zheng (2010), The role played and opportunities provided by IGP DMC of China National Seismic Network in Wenchuan, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 100, 2866-2872, doi:10.1785/0120090257.
76. Zheng, T. Y., R. X. Zhu, L. Zhao, and Y. S. Ai (2012), Intra-lithospheric mantle structures recorded continental subduction, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B03308, doi:10.1029/2011JB008873.
77. Zhou, X. M., and W. X. Li (2000), Origin of Late Mesozoic igneous rocks in Southeastern China: Implications for litho-sphere subduction and underplating of mafic magmas, Tectono-physics, 326, 269-287, doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(00) 00120-7. (Pubitemid 32166117)
78. Zhu, R., and T. Zheng (2009), Destruction geodynamics of the North China craton and its Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics, Chin. Sci. Bull., 54, 3354-3366, doi:10.1007/s11434-009-0451-5.