Using arrival data of the body waves recorded by seismic stations, we reconstructed the velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and the northwestern contin...Using arrival data of the body waves recorded by seismic stations, we reconstructed the velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and the northwestern continental margin of the South China Sea through a travel time tomography technique. The result revealed the apparent tectonic variation along the Ailao Shan-Red River fault zone and its adjacent regions. High velocities are observed in the upper and middle crust beneath the Ailao Shan-Red River fault zone and they reflect the character of the fast uplifting and cooling of the metamorphic belt after the ductile shearing of the fault zone, while low velocities in the lower crust and near the Moho imply a relatively active crust-mantle boundary beneath the fault zone. On the west of the fault zone, the large-scale low velocities in the uppermost mantle beneath western Yunnan prove the influence of the mantle heat flow on volcano, hot spring and magma activities, however, the upper mantle on the east of the fault zone shows a relatively stable structure similar to the Yangtze block. The low velocities of the deep mantle beneath the southeastern extending segment of the fault zone are probably related to the mantle convection produced by the pull-apart of the South China Sea.展开更多
哀牢山—红河断裂带位于青藏高原东南缘,由青藏高原延入南海,是一条分割华南地块与印支地块的构造分界线,在地貌上也是一条醒目的分界线。纵向上由4个北西向的长条状变质带组成（雪龙山、点苍山、哀牢山和Day Nui Con Voi变质带）,长约1...哀牢山—红河断裂带位于青藏高原东南缘,由青藏高原延入南海,是一条分割华南地块与印支地块的构造分界线,在地貌上也是一条醒目的分界线。纵向上由4个北西向的长条状变质带组成（雪龙山、点苍山、哀牢山和Day Nui Con Voi变质带）,长约1 200 km。横向上分高级变质带和低级变质带,二者之间为倾向北东的哀牢山逆冲断裂带,其中高级变质带主要由元古界高级片麻岩、混合岩.展开更多
基金supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Grant No.KZCX2-209)the National Major Fundamental and Dev elopment Project(Grant No.G200046701)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40034010).
文摘Using arrival data of the body waves recorded by seismic stations, we reconstructed the velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and the northwestern continental margin of the South China Sea through a travel time tomography technique. The result revealed the apparent tectonic variation along the Ailao Shan-Red River fault zone and its adjacent regions. High velocities are observed in the upper and middle crust beneath the Ailao Shan-Red River fault zone and they reflect the character of the fast uplifting and cooling of the metamorphic belt after the ductile shearing of the fault zone, while low velocities in the lower crust and near the Moho imply a relatively active crust-mantle boundary beneath the fault zone. On the west of the fault zone, the large-scale low velocities in the uppermost mantle beneath western Yunnan prove the influence of the mantle heat flow on volcano, hot spring and magma activities, however, the upper mantle on the east of the fault zone shows a relatively stable structure similar to the Yangtze block. The low velocities of the deep mantle beneath the southeastern extending segment of the fault zone are probably related to the mantle convection produced by the pull-apart of the South China Sea.
