Pn tomography and anisotropic study of the Indian shield and the adjacent regions

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作者
Illa, Bhaskar [1 ]
Reshma, K. S. [1 ]
Kumar, Prakash [1 ]
Srinagesh, D. [1 ]
Haldar, C. [1 ]
Kumar, Sanjay [1 ]
Mandal, Prantik [1 ]
机构
[1] CSIR, Natl Geophys Res Inst, Uppal Rd, Hyderabad, India
关键词
Pn wave; Tomography; Seismic anisotropy; Asia; Indian Shield; Uppermost mantle; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE BENEATH; SHEAR-WAVE ANISOTROPY; UPPER-MANTLE BENEATH; UPPERMOST MANTLE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; HEAT-FLOW; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; GRAVITY-ANOMALIES;
D O I
10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228932
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
High-resolution P-wave velocity and anisotropy structure of the hitherto elusive uppermost mantle beneath the Indian shield and its surrounding regions are presented to unravel the tectonic imprints in the lithosphere. We inverted high quality 19,500 regional Pn phases from 172 seismological stations for 4780 earthquakes at a distance range of 2 degrees to 15 degrees with a mean apparent Pn velocity of 8.22 km/s. The results suggest that the Pn velocity anomalies with fast anisotropic directions are consistent with the collision environments in the Himalaya, Tibetan Plateau, Tarim Basin, and Burmese arc regions. The higher Pn anomalies along the Himalayan arc explicate the subducting cold Indian lithosphere. The cratonic upper mantle of the Indian shield is characterized by Pn velocity of 8.12-8.42 km/s, while the large part of the central Indian shield has higher mantle-lid velocity of similar to 8.42 km/s with dominant anisotropic value of 0.2-0.3 km/s (similar to 7.5%) suggesting the presence of mafic 'lava pillow' related to the Deccan volcanism. The impressions of the rifts and the mobile belts are conspicuous in the velocity anomaly image indicating their deep seated origin. The Pn anisotropy in the Indian shield exhibits a complex pattern and deviates from the absolute plate motion directions derived from the SKS study, demonstrating the presence of frozen anisotropy in the Indian lithospheric uppermost mantle, due to the large scale tectonic deformation after its breakup from the Gondwanaland. Whereas, Pn and SKS anisotropic observations are well consistent in Tarim basin, Tibetan regions, eastern Himalayan syntaxis and the Burmese arc. The modeled anisotropic Pn clearly manifests a lower velocity anomaly bounded by 85 degrees E and 90 degrees E ridges in the southern Bay of Bengal. Further, 85 degrees E ridge spatially separates the BoB lithosphere into faster and slower regions consistent with the body wave tomography and free-air gravity observation.
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