Velocity structure and radial anisotropy of the lithosphere in southern Madagascar from surface wave dispersion

被引:2
作者
Rindraharisaona, E. J. [1 ,2 ]
Tilmann, F. [1 ,3 ]
Yuan, X. [1 ]
Dreiling, J. [1 ]
Giese, J. [4 ]
Priestley, K. [5 ]
Ruempker, G. [6 ]
机构
[1] Deutsch GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
[2] Univ La Reunion, Lab GeoSci Reunion, St Clotilde, Reunion, France
[3] Free Univ Berlin, Malteserstr 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany
[4] Geol Survey Norway NGU, Leiv Eirikssons Vei 39, N-7040 Tronsheim, Norway
[5] Bullard Labs, Dept Earth Sci, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, England
[6] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Altenhoferallee 1, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
关键词
Seismic anisotropy; Structure of the Earth; Seismic tomography; UPPER-MANTLE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; AMBIENT NOISE; PRECAMBRIAN LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; BENEATH; EVOLUTION; AFRICA; CRUST;
D O I
10.1093/gji/ggaa550
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
We investigate the upper mantle seismic structure beneath southern Madagascar and infer the imprint of geodynamic events since Madagascar's break-up from Africa and India and earlier rifting episodes. Rayleigh and Love wave phase velocities along a profile across southern Madagascar were determined by application of the two-station method to teleseismic earthquake data. For shorter periods (<20 s), these data were supplemented by previously published dispersion curves determined from ambient noise correlation. First, tomographic models of the phase velocities were determined. In a second step, 1-D models of SV and SH wave velocities were inverted based on the dispersion curves extracted from the tomographic models. As the lithospheric mantle is represented by high velocities we identify the lithosphere asthenosphere boundary by the strongest negative velocity gradient. Finally, the radial anisotropy (RA) is derived from the difference between the SV and SIT velocity models. An additional constraint on the lithospheric thickness is provided by the presence of a negative conversion seen in S receiver functions, which results in comparable estimates under most of Madagascar. We infer a lithospheric thickness of 110-150 km beneath southern Madagascar, significantly thinner than beneath the mobile belts in East Africa (150-200 km), where the crust is of comparable age and which were located close to Madagascar in Gondwanaland. The lithospheric thickness is correlated with the geological domains. The thinnest lithosphere (similar to 110 km) is found beneath the Morondava basin. The pre-breakup Karoo failed rifting, the rifting and breakup of Gondwanaland have likely thinned the lithosphere there. The thickness of the lithosphere in the Proterozoic terranes (Androyen and Anosyen domains) ranges from 125 to 140 km, which is still similar to 30 km thinner than in the Mozambique belt in Tanzania. The lithosphere is the thickest beneath Ikalamavony domain (Proterozoic) and the west part of the Antananarivo domain (Archean) with a thickness of similar to 150 km. Below the eastern part of Archean domain the lithosphere thickness reduces to similar to 130 km. The lithosphere below the entire profile is characterized by positive RA. The strongest RA is observed in the uppermost mantle beneath the Morondava basin (maximum value of similar to 9 per cent), which is understandable from the strong stretching that the basin was exposed to during the Karoo and subsequent rifling episode. Anisotropy is still significantly positive below the Proterozoic (maximum value of similar to 5 per cent) and Archean (maximum value of similar to 6 per cent) domains, which may result from lithospheric extension during the Mesozoic and/or thereafter. In the asthenosphere, a positive RA is observed beneath the eastern part Morondava sedimentary basin and the Proterozoic domain, indicating a horizontal asthenospheric flow pattern. Negative RA is found beneath the Archean in the east, suggesting a small-scale asthenospheric upwelling, consistent with previous studies. Alternatively, the relatively high shear wave velocity in the asthenosphere in this region indicate that the negative RA could be associated to the Reunion mantle plume, at least beneath the volcanic formation, along the eastern coast.
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页数:15
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