Seismic Velocity Structure and Composition of the Continental Crust of Eastern China

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摘要 Onthebasisofaone-by-onelatitude-longitudegridthree-dimensionalseismicvelocitymodel,thecrustalPwavevelocitystructureineasternChina(105-125°Eand18-41°N)isobtained,andasetofgeothermsforeachgridisestablishedforP-TcorrectiononP-wavevelocities.Theaveragedepthsofsub-crustallayersandtheiraverageP-wavevelocitiesof18tectonicunitsineasternChinaareexhibited.Ourresultpresentsa32-34kmthickcrustbeneatheasternChina,whichisthinnerthanpreviousstudies,withanaveragevelocityof6.54km/s,correspondingtoa5kg/m3variationincrustalmeandensity.ThethickerupperbutthinnermiddleandlowercrustresultsinaloweraverageseismicvelocityofeasternChina.AnintermediatecrustalcompositionwithaSiO2contentof59.7wt%hasbeenestimated.However,thereexistsasignificantlateralvariationinthecrustalstructuresamongthetectonicunitsofeasternChina.ThestructureandcompositionfeaturesofsomeregionsineasternChinaindicatethatextensionhasplayedanimportantroleinthecontinentalcrustevolutionofeasternChina.
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出处 《地质学报:英文版》 2004年1期
出版日期 2004年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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