VELOCITY VARIATIONS IN THE UPPER MANTLE BENEATH CENTRAL-EUROPE AND THE EAST EUROPEAN PLATFORM

被引:19
作者
HURTIG, E
GRASSL, S
OESBERG, RP
机构
[1] Zentralinstitut für Physik der Erde
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0040-1951(79)90027-1
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The velocity-depth distribution beneath central and eastern Europe is studied using travel-time data of a near-surface, well-located seismic event in central Europe and those of some underground nuclear explosions in the Soviet Union. The velocity-depth function obtained supports the hypothesis that lateral velocity variations in the upper mantle between the East European platform and central/southern Europe exist. From the observed heat flow field in Europe and the evaluated temperature-depth distribution, lateral velocity variations in the upper mantle can be explained by lateral variations of the temperature and the viscosity. © 1979.
引用
收藏
页码:133 / 144
页数:12
相关论文
共 28 条
[1]   STRUCTURE OF THE UPPERMOST MANTLE FROM LONG-RANGE SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS IN SOUTHERN GERMANY AND THE RHINEGRABEN AREA [J].
ANSORGE, J ;
BONJER, KP ;
EMTER, D .
TECTONOPHYSICS, 1979, 56 (1-2) :31-48
[2]  
Ansorge J., 1973, Zeitschrift fur Geophysik, V39, P385
[3]  
Bamford D., 1973, Zeitschrift fur Geophysik, V39, P907
[4]  
BAMFORD D, 1977, GEOPHYS JR ASTRON SO, V49, P28
[5]   INTERPRETATION OF FIRST-ARRIVAL DATA FROM CONTINENTAL MARGIN REFRACTION EXPERIMENT [J].
BAMFORD, SAD .
GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1971, 24 (03) :213-&
[6]  
CERMAK V, 1977, PRELIMINARY HEAT FLO, V1, P5
[7]   TRAVEL TIME OF P SEISMIC-WAVES IN EUROPE AND WESTERN RUSSIA [J].
ENGLAND, PC ;
WORTHINGTON, MH .
GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1977, 48 (01) :63-70
[8]   LATERAL VARIATION IN STRUCTURE OF UPPER MANTLE BENEATH EURASIA [J].
ENGLAND, PC ;
WORTHINGTON, MH ;
KING, DW .
GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1977, 48 (01) :71-&
[9]   SEISMIC ANISOTROPY OF SUB-CRUSTAL LITHOSPHERE AS EVIDENCE FOR DYNAMICAL PROCESSES IN UPPER MANTLE [J].
FUCHS, K .
GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1977, 49 (01) :167-179
[10]  
FUCHS K, 1975, GEOL RUNDSCH, V64, P700, DOI DOI 10.1007/BF01820691