Crustal S-wave velocity structure of the Yellowstone region using a seismic ambient noise method

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摘要 TheYellowstonevolcanoisoneofthelargestactivevolcanoesintheworld,anditspotentialhazardsdemanddetailedseismologicalandgeodeticstudies.Previousstudieswithtraveltimetomographyandreceiverfunctionshaverevealedalow-velocitylayerinthecrustbeneaththeYellowstonevolcano,suggestingthepresenceofamagmachamberatdepth.Weuseambientseismicnoisefromregionalseismicstationstoretrieveshort-periodsurfacewavesandthenstudytheshallowshearvelocitystructureoftheYellowstoneregionbysurfacewavedispersionanalysis.WefirstobtainedacrustalmodeloftheareaoutsideoftheYellowstonevolcanoandthenconstructedanabsoluteshearwavevelocitystructureincombinationwithreceiverfunctionresultsforthecrustbeneaththeYellowstonevolcano.Thevelocitymodelshowsalow-velocitylayerwithshearvelocityataround1.3km/s,suggestingthatalarge-scalemagmachamberexistsatshallowlevelswithinthecrustoftheYellowstonevolcanicregion.
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出处 《地震学报:英文版》 2013年5期
出版日期 2013年05月15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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