S23C-4516:
The Study on S-Wave Velocity Structure of Upper Crust in Three Gorges Region of Yangtze River
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Xiaoyong Li, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China, Peimin Zhu, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China and Qiang Zhou, Chengdu University of Technology, The Engineering & Technology College, Chengdu, China
Abstract:
The profile of S-wave velocity structure along Badong-Maoping-Tumen is presented using the ambient noise data observed at 10 stations from mobile broadband seismic array which is located at Three Gorges Region. All of available vertical component time series during April and May，2011 have been cross-correlated to estimate the empirical Green functions. Group velocity dispersion curves were measured by applying multiple filtering technique. Using these dispersion curves，we obtain high resolution pure-path dispersions at 0.5-10 second periods. The S-wave velocity structure，which was reconstructed by inverting the pure-path dispersions，reveals the velocity variations of upper crust at Three Gorges Region. Main conclusions are as follows：(1)The velocity variations in the study region have a close relationship with the geological structure and the velocity profile suggests a anticline unit which core area is Huangling block；(2)The relative fast velocity variations beneath Jiuwanxi and its surrounding areas may correspond to the geological structure and earthquake activity there；(3) The high velocity of the upper crustal in Sandouping indicates that the Reservoir Dam of Three Gorges is located at a tectonic stable region.
