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- Title
Thickness of the lithosphere beneath Turkey and surroundings from S-receiver functions.
- Authors
Kind, R.; Eken, T.; Tilmann, F.; Sodoudi, F.; Taymaz, T.; Bulut, F.; Yuan, X.; Can, B.; Schneider, F.
- Abstract
We analyze S-receiver functions to investigate the variations of lithospheric thickness below the entire region of Turkey and surroundings. The teleseismic data used here have been compiled combining all permanent seismic stations which are open to public access. We obtained almost 12 000 S-receiver function traces characterizing the seismic discontinuities between the Moho and the discontinuity at 410 km depth. Common-conversion-points stacks yield well-constrained images of the Moho and of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB). Results from previous studies suggesting shallow LAB depths between 80 and 100 km are confirmed in the entire region outside the subduction zones. We did not observe changes of LAB depths across the North and East Anatolian Faults. To the east of Cyprus, we see indications of the Arabian LAB. The African plate is observed down to about 150km depth subducting to the north and east between the Aegean and Cyprus with a tear at Cyprus. We also observed the discontinuity at 410km depth and a negative discontinuity above the 410, which might indicate a zone of partial melt above this discontinuity.
- Subjects
TURKEY; LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTION zones; THICKNESS measurement; SEISMOLOGY
- Publication
Solid Earth Discussions, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 2, p1315
- ISSN
1869-9537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/sed-7-1315-2015