Geomagnetic induction anomalies in India in relation to geology

Geomagnetic induction anomalies identified in India during the last fifteen years are discussed with emphasis on geology. The effects on both short period (SSCs and bays) and long period (Sq and Dst) geomagnetic variations are summarized. The induction effects observed in the southern tip of peninsular India are highly complex due to the coastal effect, to crustal and upper mantle conductivity anomalies between India and Sri Lanka and to the daytime equatorial electrojet. Further complications arise from the existence of a conductive step structure along the coastline at the Moho boundary and a graben in the Palk Strait.The reversed coast effect in the Z-variation identified at Alibag situated on the Deccan Traps is accounted for by the remanent magnetization of the Deccan lavas, their thickness and the underlying conductive structures.Induced currents have been found to be channelled through conductive structures beneath the Aravallis along its strike following a path transverse to the Himalaya. An asthenospheric upwelling beneath the Aravallis has also been noted. Conductive step structures have also been invoked on the southern and the northern flanks of the Pamir-Himalaya with east-west current channelling at the Moho boundary.     

An explanation of induced magnetic variations at Sabhawala,India

Induction vectors calculated for short-period events such as “bays” and “storm sudden commencements” (SSCs) indicate that the conductor causing the anomaly lies to the south of Sabhawala. The nature of vertical transfer functions obtained from spectral analysis of storm-time variations further confirms the presence of such a conductor. The nature of maximum (G_p) and minimum (G₁) response functions suggests that a two-dimensional conductor south of Sabhawala is responsible for anomalies in Z. Invoking a structural model of the Earth's crust beneath the Himalayas, in keeping with accepted orogenic theories, we propose that one structure capable of producing the desired conducting path is a rise of the asthenosphere south of the Himalayan range. Another important factor contributing to the induced variations at Sabhawala is due to a sedimentary trough running parallel to the Himalayas, again to the south. These views are confirmed by a two-dimensional model calculation. It is found that the undulation of the asthenosphere alone does not reproduce the nature of the anomalies in H and Z.     

可可西里岩石圈向北俯冲到柴达木地幔的地震学证据

利用中美德INDEPTH IV合作项目2007—2009年间布置于青藏高原中、北部140个宽频地震台站记录到的天然地震数据,经过接收函数成像处理,获得了3条穿过昆仑—阿尼玛卿缝合带清晰的壳幔结构图像.结果显示柴达木南缘莫霍面位于约50 km深度,羌塘地块、可可西里地块、东昆仑造山带莫霍面位于约65 km深度,昆仑—阿尼玛卿缝合带以北约50 km存在莫霍面深度突变.在可可西里和柴达木岩石圈地幔之间观测到北倾界面,这可能是可可西里岩石圈向北俯冲到柴达木地幔之下的证据.可可西里地块地壳内宽缓的负转换震相带是低速带的反映,其向北挤入到东昆仑山下发生挤压增厚,可能是东昆仑山隆升的原因;由于刚性柴达木岩石圈的阻挡,物质向东改向,则可能是该地区向东旋转的构造应力场产生的原因.本文研究结果不支持亚洲岩石圈地幔在东昆仑—柴达木交界处向南俯冲,据此,我们提出了新的东昆仑造山模式.     

藏北羌塘盆地中部莫霍面形态及其动力学成因

本文通过对羌塘盆地内49个临时宽频带地震观测台阵数据的接收函数分析,采用H-κ叠加和CCP 叠加成像两种方法,获得到了藏北羌塘中部莫霍面深度以及泊松比分布.作为羌塘盆地构造单元的南缘边界,班公湖-怒江缝合带下的Moho存在一个南深北浅、断距约10 km的台阶;把羌塘盆地分为两部分的羌塘中央隆起带下存在一个3 km的Moho台阶;北羌塘盆地下的Moho 平均深度约为60 km,而南羌塘约为63 km.羌塘高原下的近水平Moho结构可能是受到印度大陆北向俯冲作用下的青藏高原隆升过程中Moho再均衡所致或者与其构造演化有关.泊松比值具有明显的构造分区特征,如南羌塘下的泊松比平均为0.31,双湖缝合带下的泊松比接近正常值,为0.265,而北羌塘的泊松比平均为0.285.     

A detailed receiver function image of the lithosphere beneath the Kopeh-Dagh (Northeast Iran)

The Kopeh-Dagh fold belts are among the most seismically active areas in Northeastern Iran, which build the northern part of the Alpine–Himalayan orogen in western Asia. They act as the abrupt northeastern limit to active deformation in Iran. We perform a combined P and S receiver function analysis to detect the major discontinuities within the lithosphere beneath Northeast Iran. Our results obtained from 12 short period and broadband seismological stations significantly map the lateral variations of the Moho boundary. Based on P receiver functions, we show that the Moho depth varies from ～43 km beneath the southern Kopeh-Dagh foreland basin to ～49 km below the northern part of the basin. S receiver functions reliably reveal an average Moho depth of ～50–55 km beneath the Kopeh-Dagh mountain range showing the regional shortening in response to the collision of Arabia with Eurasia. Furthermore, we observe clear conversions with negative polarity at ～8.5–9.5 s in S receiver functions, which could be related to the conversion at the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary. This may show a relatively thin continental lithosphere of about 85–95 km beneath the Kopeh-Dagh implying that the lithosphere was influenced by geodynamical reworking processes in the past.     

利用远震接收函数研究黄海周边地区的地壳上地幔结构

利用宽频带流动台站(YSBSN)记录的远震波形数据和远震接收函数方法,反演了黄海东、西两侧地壳上地幔的S波速度结构.结果表明,莫霍面深度在30~38 km之间变化,位于中方一侧的JNN台下方地壳厚度最大,可以归因于华北板块和扬子板块的碰撞;韩方一侧的地壳厚度自北向南逐渐变厚,但仍然难以厘定朝鲜半岛南部潜在碰撞带的位置,这些问题的解决需要更大范围的流动台站观测.由于部分台站位于巨厚的沉积层和多孔的火山岩之上,与浅部构造的相关性使得接收函数表现出较大振幅的混响,从而影响了来自深部结构的转换震相.     

黑龙江地区背景噪声面波群速度层析成像

本文选取黑龙江省台网及吉林、内蒙古部分台站共44个固定地震台站连续2年的地震数据,利用两个台站间互相关方法获得瑞利面波经验格林函数,再用自适应时频分析方法提取群速度频散曲线,最后利用传统面波层析成像方法反演获得黑龙江地区周期为8～40 s范围内群速度分布图像.反演结果揭示黑龙江地区地壳及上地幔群速度结构存在明显横向不均...     

陕西地区单台Z／H地磁测深研究

应用陕西地磁台网Ｓｑ资料和单台Ｚ／Ｈ地磁测深法对陕西地区地下电导率分布进行了研究，结果表明，理想代换导体视探ｈ约为５００ＫＭ，电导率σ为０．０７ｓ／ｍ（周期为１２小时），且存在２５０ＫＭ和７００ＫＭ深度附近的高导层，感应比例尺度实部Ｃ＾１ｒｅａｌ和Ｃ＾２ｒｅａｌ及内外场之比│Ｑ＾１│和│Ｑ＾２│似有１１年周期变化。各台测定的结果相当接近，和其他方法测定的范围结果基本一致。用冬夏季静日均值结果较春秋     

用转换函数研究青藏高原地壳S波速度结构——"Hi-CLIMB"剖面

本文对青藏高原中部Hi-CLIMB(Himalayan-Tibetan Continental Lithosphere During Mountain Building)宽频带数字台站探测剖面资料进行处理,用转换函数模拟退火算法得到了83个台站下方S波速度结构,转化为二维速度结构剖面,并与接收函数偏移成像结果进行了对比...     

利用远震接收函数揭示的喜马拉雅东构造结台阵下方地壳结构及其动力学意义

在喜马拉雅造山带的东缘,雅鲁藏布江缝合带在这里发生急剧转折,南迦巴瓦变质体快速隆起,然而关于东构造结的形成机制一直未有定论.利用围绕南迦巴瓦峰的48个宽频带地震台站记录的远震数据提取P波接收函数,采用改进的H-κ叠加方法和共转换点叠加方法综合研究了东构造结的地壳厚度、波速比分布和地壳结构特征.结果表明:研究区平均地壳厚度为64.03 km,大部分台站介于60.48~66.55 km范围;平均波速比为1.728,主要集中范围为1.696~1.742.东构造结地壳厚度横向变化剧烈,构造结西端和北端厚而中间薄,东构造结核部Moho面呈现上隆的构造形态,东西向上隆幅度约为6~7 km,南北向的上隆超过9~10 km.东构造结核部地壳上隆减薄可能由高密度、高波速的岩石圈撕裂残片拆沉到上地幔软流圈后重力失衡所致.平均波速比超过1.8的高值异常展布于东构造结的两侧,推测为环东构造结的壳内部分熔融体.东构造结地壳上隆减薄和壳内部分熔融的存在很可能均与幔源热物质的上涌有关,而软流圈地幔的上涌则可能由印度板片的撕裂引起.     

Crustal structure beneath Qiangtang and Lhasa terrane from receiver function

To determine the crustal structure in central Tibet, we used teleseismic waveform data recorded by 18 stations in the INDEPTH-Ⅲ seismic array across the central Tibet from the central Lhasa terrane to the central Qiangtang terrane. The S-wave velocity structures beneath stations are determined by inverting the stacked radial receiver function using the GA method. The first order features in the receiver function are modeled. Our results show that the Moho in Qiangtang is about 8 km shallower than that in Lhasa terrane along the INDEPTH-Ⅲ profile. It maybe suggests the northward subduction of the Lhasa mantle lid beneath the Qiangtang terrane is affected by the India-Asia collision. We conclude that there exist low velocity zone in the middle crust across the northern Lhasa and Qiangtang terrane, which can be related to the high temperature upper mantle beneath that.     

沿107.6°E南北向剖面鄂尔多斯地块及周缘地区地壳结构

鄂尔多斯地块紧邻青藏高原东北缘,位于华北克拉通的西部,在我国中生代、新生代以来东部地区的构造活动中起到了重要作用.对鄂尔多斯及其周缘地区的研究可以提供有关华北克拉通的形成、演化和破坏过程的重要信息.本文选取了纵贯鄂尔多斯的107.6°E附近南北剖面上的44个流动地震台站进行分析,采用接收函数方法,进行Kirchhoff偏移成像,并且结合在该区域内前人的地震面波频散进行联合反演,获得剖面下方的地壳内部精细结构.研究结果显示:(1)莫霍面在鄂尔多斯北部较平缓,约45km深;在鄂尔多斯南部有所加深,达到50km;其北边的河套盆地的地壳厚度约为50km;南边的渭河盆地到秦岭地区及四川盆地的地壳厚度从约为40km增厚到47～50km.(2)河套盆地下方存在大规模的低速异常,最深可达25km,反映了其显著的拉张构造和沉积历史.(3)秦岭造山带下方的低速异常对应于其主要为长英质的地壳组分,可能是由于中生代的拆沉作用导致的地壳下部基性岩石层的缺失.(4)以38°N为界的鄂尔多斯地块,南北部地壳速度结构存在差异,可能表明了这两部分经历的构造历史不同.     

Topography of the Seismic Velocity Discontinuities beneath the Chugoku and Shikoku Districts,Southwest Japan

The first P-arrival-time data from 513 local earthquakes were analyzed to study lateral variation of the depth to the Conrad and Moho discontinuities beneath the Chugoku and Shikoku districts, southwest Japan, as well as to determine earthquake hypocenters and P-wave station corrections. The depth to the discontinuity was estimated by minimizing the travel-time residuals of more than 8700 first P arrivals observed at 55 seismic stations. The Conrad and Moho discontinuities are located within depth ranges of 15–25 km and 30–40 km, respectively. The Moho is deeper under the mountain area than under the Seto Inland Sea area, and especially deep under the Pacific Coast of the Shikoku district and the mountain area in the Chugoku district. The depth variation of the Moho is quite similar to the Bouguer gravity anomaly distribution and the lateral variations of the P-wave velocity. The deep Moho under the southern Shikoku is located at the portion in which the continental Moho under the island arc meets the oceanic Moho that is the boundary interface between the oceanic crust and the Philippine Sea (PHS) plate dipping toward the back arc. Although there are high mountains in the northern and middle Shikoku, the Moho is not so deep because subduction of the PHS plate prevents the Moho from getting deep, while the Moho is deep due to isostatic balance under the mountain area in the Chugoku district. In addition, we indicated the possibility that the upper boundary of the oceanic crust just above the high-velocity PHS plate is in contact with the deep Moho under the western Chugoku. The contact of the Moho with the oceanic crust can explain the markedly negative gravity anomaly observed in the western Chugoku and the later phase that appears just after the first P arrival from local earthquakes.     

长白山-镜泊湖火山区地壳结构接收函数研究

利用71个远震的波形资料,用接收函数方法提取了布设在长白山—镜泊湖火山区的34个宽频带流动数字地震台站的接收函数,通过对接收函数反演,获得了台站下方的S波速度结构.研究结果表明,沈阳—敦化一线莫霍面深度32～33km,向西地壳厚度加厚,到长春附近地壳厚度约为36km.在天池火山口莫霍面深度为达38km,而镜泊湖火山口森林的莫霍面深度约为39km.总体看研究区的地壳厚度是南浅北深.长白山天池火山口附近地下10km左右有一明显的低速层存在;镜泊湖火山口森林附近30km也可能有低速体存在;研究发现莫霍面上S波速度梯度在火山口附近和远离火山口有明显区别.在火山口附近其莫霍面的S波速度梯度比非火山口地区的S波速度梯度明显小,说明火山口下与一般的地壳莫霍面结构有差别.研究发现沈阳—敦化一线两侧的莫霍面深度有较大变化,其位置与地表的敦化—密山断裂基本一致,说明敦化—密山断裂是研究区的一条非常重要的地质构造带.     

Sq发电机电流的UT变异性及其地面磁场的重建

本文用不同经度的7对中低纬台站水平磁场分量H,求得1965年随世界时（UT）变化的S_q指数（一种描述S_q电离层发电机电流强度的地磁指数）.结果表明,S_q发电机电流不仅有显著的逐日变化,而且有很大的UT变化.UT变化主要表现在电流总强度的强弱和电流涡焦点纬度移动两方面,这意味着决定发电机过程的太阳潮汐风场和电离层电导率随UT而变.用求得的S_q指数重新构造出的S_q变化与观测值符合得较好,它不仅显示出S_q幅度逐日变化的特点,而且还能复现出S_q形态的某些逐日变异性.     

南极中山站极夜、极昼期间地磁场的日变化规律及特征

利用1991年南极中山站的地磁资料，分析研究了极夜（5，6，7月）及极昼（11，12月）期间地磁场的变化规律及特征．结果表明，极昼期间的S出现的双峰现象要比极夜期间的明显的多，S是叠加在S之上的极盖区地磁场静日变化；极夜期间的Sq,Sq和SD的变化幅度小于极昼期间的变化幅度，大约是极昼期的1／3，SD大约是极昼的3／4.这主要是由于极夜期间太阳的直射点在北半球，在南半球太阳的波辐射少；极昼期间太阳直射点在南半球，太阳的波辐射增大，致使空间电离层等效电流强度发生变化产生的．     

Structure of crust and upper mantle beneath the Ordos Block and the Yinshan Mountains revealed by receiver function analysis

A temporary seismological network of broadband three-component stations has been deployed N–S to investigate the crust and upper mantle structure across the Ordos Block and the Yinshan Mountains. P wave receiver functions reveal the Moho depth to be about 41 km beneath the central Ordos Block and down to 45 km beneath the northern Ordos Block, a slight uplifting to 42–43 km beneath the Hetao Graben, increasing to 47–48 km beneath the Yinshan Mountains and then decreasing to 44 km beneath the northern Yinshan Mountains along the profile. In the Ordos Block, the crustal Vp/Vs ratio (about 1.80) south to the Hetao Graben differs from that (about 1.75) beneath the center Ordos Block. The crustal Vp/Vs ratio is significantly lower (about 1.65–1.70) beneath the Yinshan Mountains. The P wave receiver function migration imaging suggests relatively flat discontinuities at 410 and 660 km, indicating the lack of a strong thermal anomaly beneath this profile at these depths, and a low S wave velocity anomaly in the upper mantle beneath the Hetao Graben. We suggest that the low S wave velocity anomaly may be attributable to heat and that the thermal softening advances the evolution of the Hetao Graben, while the lower-crustal ductile flows transfer from the Hetao Graben to the northern Ordos Block, resulting in crustal thickening.     

印度板块岩石圈地幔向北俯冲到羌塘地体之下的远震P波层析成像证据

利用PASSCAL、INDEPTH Ⅱ、INDEPTH Ⅲ、HIMNT等研究计划,及中国新疆地学断面和国家973项目在青藏高原布设的流动台站记录的到时数据,以及自1990年1月到2004年2月全球地震事件的震相报告,作者对覆盖印度大陆的恒河平原和整个青藏高原的305个地震台站记录的9649个远震事件,共139021条P波初至到时资料进行了层析成像反演．结果表明：印度岩石圈地幔在不同的位置向北俯冲的形态不同,但俯冲前缘都到达羌塘地体之下．沿88°E剖面显示,厚约100 km的印度岩石圈地幔从南部的恒河平原向北一直俯冲到青藏高原之下．在主边界逆冲断裂之下100 km深度处以约22°角度开始向北俯冲,俯冲最前缘到达羌塘地体的中部地区约34°N,之后进入上地幔深处．而沿北东方向的剖面则显示,印度岩石圈地幔以近水平的角度俯冲到青藏高原之下,向北越过班公－怒江缝合带,到达33°N附近,然后以大角度近乎垂直地向下俯冲断离,并引起地幔热物质的上涌,形成羌塘地体之下大规模的低速带．     

深地震反射剖面揭示的天山北缘乌鲁木齐坳陷地壳结构和构造

已有活动构造研究结果表明,天山北缘具有典型的大陆内部活动构造特征,表现为多排平行山体的背斜和逆断裂.为了研究乌鲁木齐坳陷区的地壳细结构、主要断裂展布和深、浅构造关系,2004年底,在乌鲁木齐西部的天山与准噶尔盆地之间的过渡带上,完成了一条近SN向的长度为78 km的深地震反射探测剖面.结果表明,该区地壳以双程走时9～10.5 s左右的强反射带为界分为上地壳和下地壳,上地壳厚约26～28 km,下地壳厚约23～25 km.双程走时5 s以上,反射层位丰富,构造形态清晰,且在剖面横向上具有明显不同的构造特征;在西山以南的区域,为一系列近东西向展布、南北向排列的逆冲背斜构造和一组自南向北逆冲的断裂,它们在深部均受到滑脱带的控制;在西山和王家沟一带,为一套向北陡倾的反射层系和一组沿层间滑动的断裂;剖面北部显示出了典型的沉积盆地图像,沉积盆地最深处约为10～12 km.双程走时6～9 s之间,为一些延续长度较短、反射能量较弱、且无规律可寻的凌乱反射,表明这部分地壳结构具有明显的“反射透明”性.Moho过渡带出现的时间位于双程走时14～17 s,对应壳幔过渡带厚度约为9～10 km.本区Moho面自北向南逐渐加深,剖面北部其深度约为50～52 km,在靠近北天山附近,其深度约为54～55 km.在剖面中部的西山附近,上、下地壳分界面反射和Moho过渡带反射变得模糊,且浅部地层还出现隆起和褶皱,推测与准噶尔盆地和天山的挤压过程有关.     

远震P波层析成像研究阿尔金断裂带东端及其邻区深部结构

本文利用"中国地震科学台阵探测——南北地震带北段"项目在内蒙古阿拉善西部及甘肃西北部地区布设的80个流动宽频带地震仪及16个固定台站,于2013年10月—2015年6月所记录的787个远震事件,采用波形相关方法拾取了共49052个高质量的P波走时残差数据,并利用Fast-Marching远震走时层析成像方法,反演获取了研究区下方的三维P波速度结构.结果显示:阿尔金断裂带东段、祁连山、北山地区下方地壳结构表现为低速异常特征,具有明显的造山带构造特征;阿拉善地体下方地壳结构表现为高速异常特征,为典型的大陆地壳结构特征;阿拉善地块沿着青藏高原北边界逆冲断裂(NBT)南向俯冲,其在祁连山造山带下与北向俯冲的柴达木岩石圈形成了面对面的碰撞接触关系;阿尔金断裂带的末端并没有北东向延伸到阿拉善块体,而是受到刚性的阿拉善岩石圈阻挡沿着其南缘断裂带继续向东发展.