Shear Wave Velocity Structure of the Sinai Peninsula from Rayleigh Wave Analysis |
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Authors: | V Corchete M Chourak H M Hussein |
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Institution: | 1.Higher Polytechnic School,University of Almeria,Almeria,Spain;2.Faculté Polidisciplinaire d’Errachidia,University of Moulay Isma?l,Boutalamine,Morocco;3.NASG (North Africa Seismological Group),Gelderland,The Netherlands;4.National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG),Helwan,Egypt |
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Abstract: | The lithospheric structure of the Sinai Peninsula is shown by means of nine shear velocity profiles for depths ranging from
zero to 50 km, determined from the Rayleigh wave analysis. The traces of 30 earthquakes, which occurred from 1992 to 1999
in and around the study area, have been used to obtain Rayleigh wave dispersion. These earthquakes were registered by a broadband
station located in Egypt (KEG station). The dispersion curves were obtained for periods between 3 and 40 s, by digital filtering
with a combination of MFT and TVF filtering techniques. After that, all seismic events were grouped in source zones to obtain
a dispersion curve for each source-station path. These dispersion curves were inverted according to generalized inversion
theory, to obtain shear wave velocity models for each source-station path, which is the main goal of this study. The shear
velocity structure obtained for the Sinai Peninsula is shown through the shear velocity distributions with depth. These results
agree well with the geology and other geophysical results, previously obtained from seismic and gravity data. The obtained
velocity models suggest the existence of lateral and vertical heterogeneity. The shear velocity increases generally with depth
for all paths analyzed in the study area. Nevertheless, in some paths a small low velocity channel in the upper or lower crust
occurs. Along these profiles, it is found that the crustal structure of the Sinai Peninsula consists of three principal layers:
upper crust with a sedimentary layer and lower crust. The upper crust has a sedimentary cover of 2 km thick with an average
S-velocity of 2.53 km/s. This upper crust has a variable thickness ranging from 12 to 18 km, with S-wave velocity ranging
from 3.24 to 3.69 km/s. The Moho discontinuity is located at a depth of 30 km, which is reflected by a sharp increase in the
S-velocity values that jump from 3.70–4.12 to 4.33–4.61 km/s. |
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Keywords: | FFT Inversion Rayleigh wave Shear velocity Lithosphere Sinai Peninsula |
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