Insights on the upper mantle beneath the Eastern Alps.

Autor(en)
Irene Bianchi, Maghan S. Miller, Götz Bokelmann
Abstrakt

Analyses of Ps and Sp receiver functions from datasets collected by permanent and temporary seismic stations, image a seismic discontinuity, due to a negative velocity contrast across the entire Eastern Alps. The receiver functions show the presence of the discontinuity within the upper mantle with a resolution of tens of kilometers laterally. It is deeper (100-130 km) below the central portion of the Eastern Alps, and shallower (70-80 km) towards the Pannonian Basin and in the Central Alps. Comparison with previous studies renders it likely that the observed discontinuity coincides with the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) east of 15°E longitude, while it could be associated with a low velocity zone west of 15°E.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Southern California
Journal
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Band
403
Seiten
199-209
Anzahl der Seiten
11
ISSN
0012-821X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.051
Publikationsdatum
10-2014
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105106 Geodynamik, 105122 Seismik, 105102 Allgemeine Geophysik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Space and Planetary Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/1ab9517a-d20e-4688-8995-d5c1de22a714