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1. Understanding Micropolar Theory in the Earth Sciences I: The Eigenfrequency $$\omega _r$$

Author

Abreu, Rafael, Durand, Stephanie, Institut für Geophysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany, Univ Lyon, UCBL, ENSL, UJM, CNRS, LGL-TPE, Villeurbanne, France, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Timoshenko beam theory, Geophysics, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Geochemistry and Petrology, [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences, Cosserat theory, ddc:551.22, micropolar theory, seismology, plate theory
Abstract

Even though micropolar theories are widely applied for engineering applications such as the design of metamaterials, applications in the study of the Earth’s interior still remain limited and in particular in seismology. This is due to the lack of understanding of the required elastic material parameters present in the theory as well as the eigenfrequency $\omega _r$ which is not observed in seismic data. By showing that the general dynamic equations of the Timoshenko’s beam is a particular case of the micropolar theory we are able to connect micropolar elastic parameters to physically measurable quantities. We then present an alternative micropolar model that, based on the same physical basis as the original model, circumvents the problem of the original eigenfrequency $\omega _r$ laking in seismological data. We finally validate our model with a seismic experiment and show it is relevant to explain observed seismic dispersion curves., Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (1056)

Published
2021

2. Understanding Micropolar Theory in the Earth Sciences II: The Seismic Moment Tensor

Author

Abreu, Rafael, Durand, Stephanie, Institut für Geophysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany, Univ Lyon, UCBL, ENSL, UJM, CNRS, LGL-TPE, Villeurbanne, France, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement [Lyon] (LGL-TPE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster = University of Münster (WWU), Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Work (thermodynamics), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Field (physics), Seismic moment tensor, Mathematical analysis, Moment tensor, Vertical axis, ddc:551.22, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Physics::Geophysics, asymmetric moment tensor, Moment (mathematics), Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Kaikōura earthquake, micropolar theory, Seismogram, Geology, Seismology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Block (data storage)
Abstract

Seismic events produced by block rotations about vertical axis occur in many geodynamic contexts. In this study, we show that these rotations can be accounted for using the proper theory, namely micropolar theory, and a new asymmetric moment tensor can be derived. We then apply this new theory to the Kaikōura earthquake (2016/11/14), Mw 7.8, one of the most complex earthquakes ever recorded with modern instrumental techniques. Using advanced numerical techniques, we compute synthetic seismograms including a full asymmetric moment tensor and we show that it induces measurable differences in the waveforms proving that seismic data can record the effects of the block rotations observed in the field. Therefore, the theory developed in this work provides a full framework for future dynamic source inversions of asymmetric moment tensors., Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (1056)

Published
2021

3. Crustal Thinning From Orogen to Back‐Arc Basin: The Structure of the Pannonian Basin Region Revealed by P ‐to‐ S Converted Seismic Waves

Author

Kalmar, Daniel, Hetényi, György, Balazs, Attila, Bondar, Istvan, Abreu, Rafael, Allegretti, Ivo, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besançon, Simon, Bés de Berc, Maxime, Bianchi, Irene, Bokelmann, Götz, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Čarman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Chéze, Jérôme, Chiarabba, Claudio, Clinton, John, Cougoulat, Glenn, C. Crawford, Wayne, Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D’Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasović, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cécile, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Funke, Sigward, Giardini, Domenico, Govoni, Aladino, Gráczer, Zoltán, Gröschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Herak, Marijan, Huber, Johann, Jarić, Dejan, Jedlička, Petr, Jia, Yan, Jund, Hélène, Kissling, Edi, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kolínský, Petr, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Kotek, Josef, Kühne, Lothar, Kuk, Krešo, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Margheriti, Lucia, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Meier, Thomas, Métral, Laurent, Molinari, Irene, Moretti, Milena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Paul, Anne, Péquegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Daniel, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piccinini, Davide, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Plomerová, Jaroslava, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snježan, Racine, Roman, Régnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Ritter, Joachim, Rümpker, Georg, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schippkus, Sven, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Šipka, Vesna, Solarino, Stefano, Spallarossa, Daniele, Spieker, Kathrin, Stipčević, Josip, Strollo, Angelo, Süle, Bálint, Szanyi, Gyöngyvér, Szűcs, Eszter, Thomas, Christine, Thorwart, Martin, Tilmann, Frederik, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Luděk, Voigt, René, Wassermann, Joachim, Wéber, Zoltán, Weidle, Christian, Wesztergom, Viktor, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix Noah, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Živčić, Mladen, and Žlebčíková, Helena

Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Thinning, Pannonian basin, 15. Life on land, Geodynamics, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Seismic wave, Geophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Back-arc basin, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Geology, Seismology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

We present the results of P-to-S receiver function analysis to improve the 3D image of the sedimentary layer, the upper crust, and lower crust in the Pannonian Basin area. The Pannonian Basin hosts deep sedimentary depocentres superimposed on a complex basement structure and it is surrounded by mountain belts. We processed waveforms from 221 three-component broadband seismological stations. As a result of the dense station coverage, we were able to achieve so far unprecedented spatial resolution in determining the velocity structure of the crust. We applied a three-fold quality control process; the first two being applied to the observed waveforms and the third to the calculated radial receiver functions. This work is the first comprehensive receiver function study of the entire region. To prepare the inversions, we performed station-wise H-Vp/Vs grid search, as well as Common Conversion Point migration. Our main focus was then the S-wave velocity structure of the area, which we determined by the Neighborhood Algorithm inversion method at each station, where data were sub-divided into back-azimuthal bundles based on similar Ps delay times. The 1D, nonlinear inversions provided the depth of the discontinuities, shear-wave velocities and Vp/Vs ratios of each layer per bundle, and we calculated uncertainty values for each of these parameters. We then developed a 3D interpolation method based on natural neighbor interpolation to obtain the 3D crustal structure from the local inversion results. We present the sedimentary thickness map, the first Conrad depth map and an improved, detailed Moho map, as well as the first upper and lower crustal thickness maps obtained from receiver function analysis. The velocity jump across the Conrad discontinuity is estimated at less than 0.2 km/s over most of the investigated area. We also compare the new Moho map from our approach to simple grid search results and prior knowledge from other techniques. Our Moho depth map presents local variations in the investigated area: the crust-mantle boundary is at 20–26 km beneath the sedimentary basins, while it is situated deeper below the Apuseni Mountains, Transdanubian and North Hungarian Ranges (28–33 km), and it is the deepest beneath the Eastern Alps and the Southern Carpathians (40–45 km). These values reflect well the Neogene evolution of the region, such as crustal thinning of the Pannonian Basin and orogenic thickening in the neighboring mountain belts. ISSN:2169-9313 ISSN:0148-0227 ISSN:2169-9356

Published
2021

4. Transversely isotropic lower crust of Variscan central Europe imaged by ambient noise tomography of the Bohemian Massif

Author

Kvapil, J., Plomerova, J., Kampfova Exnerova, H., Babuska, V., Hetenyi, G., Abreu , Rafael, Allegretti, Ivo, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besançon, Simon, Bés de Berc, Maxime, Bokelmann, Götz, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Čarman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Chéze, Jérôme, Chiarabba, Claudio, Clinton, John, Cougoulat, Glenn, C. Crawford, Wayne, Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D’Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasović, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cécile, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Funke, Sigward, Giardini, Domenico, Govoni, Aladino, Gráczer, Zoltán, Gröschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Herak, Marijan, Huber, Johann, Jarić, Dejan, Jedlička, Petr, Jia, Yan, Jund, Hélène, Kissling, Edi, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kolínský, Petr, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Kotek, Josef, Kühne, Lothar, Kuk, Krešo, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Margheriti, Lucia, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Meier, Thomas, Métral, Laurent, Molinari, Irene, Moretti, Milena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Paul, Anne, Péquegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Daniel, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piccinini, Davide, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snježan, Racine, Roman, Régnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Ritter, Joachim, Rümpker, Georg, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schippkus, Sven, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Šipka, Vesna, Solarino, Stefano, Spallarossa, Daniele, Spieker, Kathrin, Stipčević, Josip, Strollo, Angelo, Süle, Bálint, Szanyi, Gyöngyvér, Szűcs, Eszter, Thomas, Christine, Thorwart, Martin, Tilmann, Frederik, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Luděk, Voigt, René, Wassermann, Joachim, Wéber, Zoltán, Weidle, Christian, Wesztergom, Viktor, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix Noah, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Živčić, Mladen, and Žlebčíková, Helena

Subjects
geography, QE1-996.5, geography.geographical_feature_category, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Subduction, Pluton, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Soil Science, Crust, Geology, Massif, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Mantle (geology), QE640-699, Geophysics, Shear (geology), Geochemistry and Petrology, Lithosphere, Passive seismic, Petrology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth-Surface Processes
Abstract

The recent development of ambient noise tomography, in combination with the increasing number of permanent seismic stations and dense networks of temporary stations operated during passive seismic experiments, provides a unique opportunity to build the first high-resolution 3-D shear wave velocity (vS) model of the entire crust of the Bohemian Massif (BM). This paper provides a regional-scale model of velocity distribution in the BM crust. The velocity model with a cell size of 22 km is built using a conventional two-step inversion approach from Rayleigh wave group velocity dispersion curves measured at more than 400 stations. The shear velocities within the upper crust of the BM are ∼0.2 km s−1 higher than those in its surroundings. The highest crustal velocities appear in its southern part, the Moldanubian unit. The Cadomian part of the region has a thinner crust, whereas the crust assembled, or tectonically transformed in the Variscan period, is thicker. The sharp Moho discontinuity preserves traces of its dynamic development expressed in remnants of Variscan subductions imprinted in bands of crustal thickening. A significant feature of the presented model is the velocity-drop interface (VDI) modelled in the lower part of the crust. We explain this feature by the anisotropic fabric of the lower crust, which is characterised as vertical transverse isotropy with the low velocity being the symmetry axis. The VDI is often interrupted around the boundaries of the crustal units, usually above locally increased velocities in the lowermost crust. Due to the north-west–south-east shortening of the crust and the late-Variscan strike-slip movements along the north-east–south-west oriented sutures preserved in the BM lithosphere, the anisotropic fabric of the lower crust was partly or fully erased along the boundaries of original microplates. These weakened zones accompanied by a velocity increase above the Moho (which indicate an emplacement of mantle rocks into the lower crust) can represent channels through which portions of subducted and later molten rocks have percolated upwards providing magma to subsequently form granitoid plutons.

Published
2021

5. Evidence for radial anisotropy in the lower crust of the Apennines from Bayesian ambient noise tomography in Europe

Author

Alder, C., Debayle, E., Bodin, T., Paul, A., Stehly, L., Pedersen, H., Allegretti, Ivo, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besançon, Simon, Bés de Berc, Maxime, Abreu, Rafael, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Čarman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Chéze, Jérôme, Chiarabba, Claudio, Clinton, John, Cougoulat, Glenn, C. Crawford, Wayne, Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D’Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasović, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cécile, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Funke, Sigward, Giardini, Domenico, Govoni, Aladino, Gráczer, Zoltán, Gröschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Herak, Marijan, Huber, Johann, Jarić, Dejan, Jedlička, Petr, Jia, Yan, Jund, Hélène, Kissling, Edi, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kolínský, Petr, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Kotek, Josef, Kühne, Lothar, Kuk, Krešo, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Margheriti, Lucia, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Meier, Thomas, Métral, Laurent, Molinari, Irene, Moretti, Milena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Paul, Anne, Péquegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Daniel, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piccinini, Davide, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Plomerová, Jaroslava, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snježan, Racine, Roman, Régnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Ritter, Joachim, Rümpker, Georg, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schippkus, Sven, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Šipka, Vesna, Solarino, Stefano, Spallarossa, Daniele, Spieker, Kathrin, Stipčević, Josip, Strollo, Angelo, Süle, Bálint, Szanyi, Gyöngyvér, Szűcs, Eszter, Thomas, Christine, Thorwart, Martin, Tilmann, Frederik, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Luděk, Voigt, René, Wassermann, Joachim, Wéber, Zoltán, Weidle, Christian, Wesztergom, Viktor, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix Noah, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Živčić, Mladen, Žlebčíková, Helena, Hein, Gerrit, Bianchi, Irene, Bokelmann, Götz, Hetényi, György, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement [Lyon] (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR219-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Gustave Eiffel-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), ANR-15-CE31-0015,AlpArray-FR,Voir et comprendre les Alpes en 3D, de la croûte au manteau(2015), Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)

Subjects
Seismic anisotropy, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Seismic noise, [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph], Bayesian probability, Ambient noise level, [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Physics::Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Anisotropy, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Seismic tomography, Crust, Europe, Geophysics, 13. Climate action, Tomography, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Surface waves and free oscillations, Seismology, Geology
Abstract

SUMMARYProbing seismic anisotropy of the lithosphere provides valuable clues on the fabric of rocks. We present a 3-D probabilistic model of shear wave velocity and radial anisotropy of the crust and uppermost mantle of Europe, focusing on the mountain belts of the Alps and Apennines. The model is built from Love and Rayleigh dispersion curves in the period range 5–149 s. Data are extracted from seismic ambient noise recorded at 1521 broad-band stations, including the AlpArray network. The dispersion curves are first combined in a linearized least squares inversion to obtain 2-D maps of group velocity at each period. Love and Rayleigh maps are then jointly inverted at depth for shear wave velocity and radial anisotropy using a Bayesian Monte Carlo scheme that accounts for the trade-off between radial anisotropy and horizontal layering. The isotropic part of our model is consistent with previous studies. However, our anisotropy maps differ from previous large scale studies that suggested the presence of significant radial anisotropy everywhere in the European crust and shallow upper mantle. We observe instead that radial anisotropy is mostly localized beneath the Apennines while most of the remaining European crust and shallow upper mantle is isotropic. We attribute this difference to trade-offs between radial anisotropy and thin (hectometric) layering in previous studies based on least-squares inversions and long period data (>30 s). In contrast, our approach involves a massive data set of short period measurements and a Bayesian inversion that accounts for thin layering. The positive radial anisotropy (VSH > VSV) observed in the lower crust of the Apennines cannot result from thin layering. We rather attribute it to ductile horizontal flow in response to the recent and present-day extension in the region.

Published
2021

6. Shear wave splitting in the Alpine region

Author

Hein, Gerrit, Kolínský, Petr, Bianchi, Irene, Bokelmann, Götz, Hetényi, György, Abreu, Rafael, Allegretti, Ivo, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besançon, Simon, Bés de Berc, Maxime, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Čarman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Chéze, Jérôme, Chiarabba, Claudio, Clinton, John, Cougoulat, Glenn, C. Crawford, Wayne, Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D’Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasović, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cécile, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Funke, Sigward, Giardini, Domenico, Govoni, Aladino, Gráczer, Zoltán, Gröschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Herak, Marijan, Huber, Johann, Jarić, Dejan, Jedlička, Petr, Jia, Yan, Jund, Hélène, Kissling, Edi, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Kotek, Josef, Kühne, Lothar, Kuk, Krešo, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Margheriti, Lucia, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Meier, Thomas, Métral, Laurent, Molinari, Irene, Moretti, Milena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Paul, Anne, Péquegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Daniel, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piccinini, Davide, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Plomerová, Jaroslava, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snježan, Racine, Roman, Régnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Ritter, Joachim, Rümpker, Georg, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schippkus, Sven, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Šipka, Vesna, Solarino, Stefano, Spallarossa, Daniele, Spieker, Kathrin, Stipčević, Josip, Strollo, Angelo, Süle, Bálint, Szanyi, Gyöngyvér, Szűcs, Eszter, Thomas, Christine, Thorwart, Martin, Tilmann, Frederik, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Luděk, Voigt, René, Wassermann, Joachim, Wéber, Zoltán, Weidle, Christian, Wesztergom, Viktor, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix Noah, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Živčić, Mladen, and Žlebčíková, Helena

Subjects
Europe, Body waves, Geophysics, Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Geochemistry and Petrology, Shear wave splitting, Geometry, Seismic anisotropy, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Geology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

SUMMARYTo constrain seismic anisotropy under and around the Alps in Europe, we study SKS shear wave splitting from the region densely covered by the AlpArray seismic network. We apply a technique based on measuring the splitting intensity, constraining well both the fast orientation and the splitting delay. Four years of teleseismic earthquake data were processed, from 723 temporary and permanent broad-band stations of the AlpArray deployment including ocean-bottom seismometers, providing a spatial coverage that is unprecedented. The technique is applied automatically (without human intervention), and it thus provides a reproducible image of anisotropic structure in and around the Alpine region. As in earlier studies, we observe a coherent rotation of fast axes in the western part of the Alpine chain, and a region of homogeneous fast orientation in the Central Alps. The spatial variation of splitting delay times is particularly interesting though. On one hand, there is a clear positive correlation with Alpine topography, suggesting that part of the seismic anisotropy (deformation) is caused by the Alpine orogeny. On the other hand, anisotropic strength around the mountain chain shows a distinct contrast between the Western and Eastern Alps. This difference is best explained by the more active mantle flow around the Western Alps. The new observational constraints, especially the splitting delay, provide new information on Alpine geodynamics.

Published
2021

7. Relocation of earthquakes in the Southern and Eastern Alps (Austria, Italy) recorded by the dense, temporary SWATH–D network using a Markov chain Monte Carlo inversion

Author

Jozi Najafabadi, A., Haberland, Christian, Ryberg, Trond, Verwater, V. F., Le Breton, E., Handy, M. R., Weber, Michael, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besançon, Simon, Bés de Berc, Maxime, Bokelmann, Götz, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Čarman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Chéze, Jérôme, Chiarabba, Claudio, Clinton, John, Cougoulat, Glenn, C. Crawford, Wayne, Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D’Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasović, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cécile, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Funke, Sigward, Giardini, Domenico, Govoni, Aladino, Gráczer, Zoltán, Gröschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Herak, Marijan, Huber, Johann, Jarić, Dejan, Jedlička, Petr, Jia, Yan, Jund, Hélène, Kissling, Edi, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kolínský, Petr, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Kotek, Josef, Kühne, Lothar, Kuk, Krešo, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Margheriti, Lucia, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Meier, Thomas, Métral, Laurent, Molinari, Irene, Moretti, Milena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Paul, Anne, Péquegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Daniel, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piccinini, Davide, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Plomerová, Jaroslava, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snježan, Racine, Roman, Régnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Ritter, Joachim, Rümpker, Georg, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schippkus, Sven, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Šipka, Vesna, Solarino, Stefano, Spallarossa, Daniele, Spieker, Kathrin, Stipčević, Josip, Strollo, Angelo, Süle, Bálint, Szanyi, Gyöngyvér, Szűcs, Eszter, Thomas, Christine, Thorwart, Martin, Tilmann, Frederik, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Luděk, Voigt, René, Wassermann, Joachim, Wéber, Zoltán, Weidle, Christian, Wesztergom, Viktor, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix Noah, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Živčić, Mladen, Žlebčíková, Helena, Abreu, Rafael, Allegretti, Ivo, and Al-Halbouni, Djamil

Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Stratigraphy, Inversion (geology), Soil Science, Inverse transform sampling, Fault (geology), Induced seismicity, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, relocation, Nappe, symbols.namesake, Geochemistry and Petrology, 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften, earthquakes, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth-Surface Processes, QE1-996.5, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Alps, Paleontology, Geology, Crust, Markov chain Monte Carlo, QE640-699, Geophysics, Epicenter, symbols, Seismology
Abstract

In this study, we analyzed a large seismological dataset from temporary and permanent networks in the southern and eastern Alps to establish high-precision hypocenters and 1-D VP and VP/VS models. The waveform data of a subset of local earthquakes with magnitudes in the range of 1–4.2 ML were recorded by the dense, temporary SWATH-D network and selected stations of the AlpArray network between September 2017 and the end of 2018. The first arrival times of P and S waves of earthquakes are determined by a semi-automatic procedure. We applied a Markov chain Monte Carlo inversion method to simultaneously calculate robust hypocenters, a 1-D velocity model, and station corrections without prior assumptions, such as initial velocity models or earthquake locations. A further advantage of this method is the derivation of the model parameter uncertainties and noise levels of the data. The precision estimates of the localization procedure is checked by inverting a synthetic travel time dataset from a complex 3-D velocity model and by using the real stations and earthquakes geometry. The location accuracy is further investigated by a quarry blast test. The average uncertainties of the locations of the earthquakes are below 500 m in their epicenter and ∼ 1.7 km in depth. The earthquake distribution reveals seismicity in the upper crust (0–20 km), which is characterized by pronounced clusters along the Alpine frontal thrust, e.g., the Friuli-Venetia (FV) region, the Giudicarie–Lessini (GL) and Schio-Vicenza domains, the Austroalpine nappes, and the Inntal area. Some seismicity also occurs along the Periadriatic Fault. The general pattern of seismicity reflects head-on convergence of the Adriatic indenter with the Alpine orogenic crust. The seismicity in the FV and GL regions is deeper than the modeled frontal thrusts, which we interpret as indication for southward propagation of the southern Alpine deformation front (blind thrusts).

Published
2020

8. Arrival angles of teleseismic fundamental mode Rayleigh waves across the AlpArray

Author

Kolinsky, Petr, Bokelmann, Götz, Hetenyi, Gyorgy, Abreu, Rafael, Allegretti, Ivo, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besancon, Simon, Bes De Berc, Maxime, Bokelmann, Goetz, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Carman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Cheze, Jerome, Chiarabba, Claudio, Clinton, John, Cougoulat, Glenn, Grawford, Wayne C., Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D'Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasovic, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cecile, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Funke, Sigward, Giardini, Domenico, Govoni, Aladino, Graczer, Zoltan, Groeschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Herak, Marijan, Huber, Johann, Jaric, Dejan, Jedlicka, Petr, Jia, Yan, Jund, Helene, Kissling, Edi, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Kotek, Josef, Kuhne, Lothar, Kuk, Kreso, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Margheriti, Lucia, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Meier, Thomas, Metral, Laurent, Molinari, Irene, Moretti, Milena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Paul, Anne, Pequegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Daniel, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piccinini, Davide, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Plomerova, Jaroslava, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snjezan, Racine, Roman, Regnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Ritter, Joachim, Rumpker, Georg, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schippkus, Sven, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Sipka, Vesna, Solarino, Stefano, Spallarossa, Daniele, Spieker, Kathrin, Stipcevic, Josip, Strollo, Angelo, Sule, Balint, Szanyi, Gyongyver, Szucs, Eszter, Thomas, Christine, Thorwart, Martin, Tilmann, Frederik, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Ludek, Voigt, Rene, Wassermann, Joachim, Weber, Zoltan, Weidle, Christian, Wesztergom, Viktor, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Zivcic, Mladen, Zlebcikova, Helena, Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik [Wien] (IMGW), Universität Wien, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)through project P 26391–AlpArray Austria and P 30707–AlpArrayAustria 2. The Python Toolbox ObsPy by Beyreuther et al. (2010)was used for data pre-processing. Maps were plotted using GenericMapping Tools by Wessel et al. (2013)., and University of Vienna [Vienna]

Subjects
Beamforming, Wave propagation, [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph], Earth structure, engineering.material, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, Geochemistry and Petrology, Time-series analysis, Wave scattering and diffraction, Rayleigh wave, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Anomaly (natural sciences), Geodesy, Europe, Geophysics, Phase correlation, symbols, engineering, Structure of the Earth, Surface waves and free oscillations, Geology, Earthquake location, Gaussian beam
Abstract

International audience; The dense AlpArray network allows studying seismic wave propagation with high spatial resolution. Here we introduce an array approach to measure arrival angles of teleseismic Rayleigh waves. The approach combines the advantages of phase correlation as in the two-station method with array beamforming to obtain the phase-velocity vector. 20 earthquakes from the first two years of the AlpArray project are selected, and spatial patterns of arrival-angle deviations across the AlpArray are shown in maps, depending on period and earthquake location. The cause of these intriguing spatial patterns is discussed. A simple wave-propagation modelling example using an isolated anomaly and a Gaussian beam solution suggests that much of the complexity can be explained as a result of wave interference after passing a structural anomaly along the wave paths. This indicates that arrival-angle information constitutes useful additional information on the Earth structure, beyond what is currently used in inversions.

Published
2019

9. Shear-wave velocity structure beneath the Dinarides from the inversion of Rayleigh-wave dispersion

Author

Belinic, Tena, Kolínský, Petr, Stipčević, Josip, Abreu, Rafael, Allegretti, Ivo, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besançon, Simon, Bés de Berc, Maxime, Bianchi, Irene, Bokelmann, Götz, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Čarman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Chéze, Jérôme, Chiarabba, Claudio, Clinton, John, Cougoulat, Glenn, C. Crawford, Wayne, Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D’Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasović, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cécile, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Funke, Sigward, Giardini, Domenico, Govoni, Aladino, Gráczer, Zoltán, Gröschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Herak, Marijan, Huber, Johann, Jarić, Dejan, Jedlička, Petr, Jia, Yan, Jund, Hélène, Kissling, Edi, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Kotek, Josef, Kühne, Lothar, Kuk, Krešo, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Margheriti, Lucia, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Meier, Thomas, Métral, Laurent, Molinari, Irene, Moretti, Milena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Paul, Anne, Péquegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Daniel, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piccinini, Davide, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Plomerová, Jaroslava, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snježan, Racine, Roman, Régnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Ritter, Joachim, Rümpker, Georg, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schippkus, Sven, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Šipka, Vesna, Solarino, Stefano, Spallarossa, Daniele, Spieker, Kathrin, Strollo, Angelo, Süle, Bálint, Szanyi, Gyöngyvér, Szűcs, Eszter, Thomas, Christine, Thorwart, Martin, Tilmann, Frederik, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Luděk, Voigt, René, Wassermann, Joachim, Wéber, Zoltán, Weidle, Christian, Wesztergom, Viktor, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix Noah, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Živčić, Mladen, and Žlebčíková, Helena

Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Geodynamics, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Mantle (geology), symbols.namesake, Tectonics, Geophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Lithosphere, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), symbols, Slab, Lithoshpere-asthenosphere boundary, Surface waves, Dinarides, 14. Life underwater, Low-velocity zone, Phase velocity, Rayleigh wave, surface waves, Dinarides, collision, lithosphere, Geology, Seismology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

Highlights • Rayleigh-wave phase velocity in the wider Dinarides region using the two-station method. • Uppermost mantle shear-wave velocity model of the Dinarides-Adriatic Sea region. • Velocity model reveals a robust high-velocity anomaly present under the whole Dinarides. • High-velocity anomaly reaches depth of 160 km in the northern Dinarides to more than 200 km under southern Dinarides. • New structural model incorporating delamination as one of the processes controlling the continental collision in the Dinarides. The interaction between the Adriatic microplate (Adria) and Eurasia is the main driving factor in the central Mediterranean tectonics. Their interplay has shaped the geodynamics of the whole region and formed several mountain belts including Alps, Dinarides and Apennines. Among these, Dinarides are the least investigated and little is known about the underlying geodynamic processes. There are numerous open questions about the current state of interaction between Adria and Eurasia under the Dinaric domain. One of the most interesting is the nature of lithospheric underthrusting of Adriatic plate, e.g. length of the slab or varying slab disposition along the orogen. Previous investigations have found a low-velocity zone in the uppermost mantle under the northern-central Dinarides which was interpreted as a slab gap. Conversely, several newer studies have indicated the presence of the continuous slab under the Dinarides with no trace of the low velocity zone. Thus, to investigate the Dinaric mantle structure further, we use regional-to-teleseismic surface-wave records from 98 seismic stations in the wider Dinarides region to create a 3D shear-wave velocity model. More precisely, a two-station method is used to extract Rayleigh-wave phase velocity while tomography and 1D inversion of the phase velocity are employed to map the depth dependent shear-wave velocity. Resulting velocity model reveals a robust high-velocity anomaly present under the whole Dinarides, reaching the depths of 160 km in the north to more than 200 km under southern Dinarides. These results do not agree with most of the previous investigations and show continuous underthrusting of the Adriatic lithosphere under Europe along the whole Dinaric region. The geometry of the down-going slab varies from the deeper slab in the north and south to the shallower underthrusting in the center. On-top of both north and south slabs there is a low-velocity wedge indicating lithospheric delamination which could explain the 200 km deep high-velocity body existing under the southern Dinarides.

Published
2019

10. The AlpArray Seismic Network: A Large‑Scale European Experiment to Image the Alpine Orogen

Author

Hetényi, György, Molinari, Irene, Clinton, John, Bokelmann, Götz, Bondár, István, Crawford, Wayne C., Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cécile, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Giardini, Domenico, Gráczer, Zoltán, Handy, Mark R., Herak, Marijan, Jia, Yan, Kissling, Edi, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Margheriti, Lucia, Meier, Thomas, Mucciarelli, Marco, Paul, Anne, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Plomerová, Jaroslava, Ritter, Joachim, Rümpker, Georg, Šipka, Vesna, Spallarossa, Daniele, Thomas, Christine, Tilmann, Frederik, Wassermann, Joachim, Weber, Michael, Wéber, Zoltán, Wesztergom, Viktor, Živčić, Mladen, Abreu, Rafael, Allegretti, Ivo, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besançon, Simon, Bès de Berc, Maxime, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Čarman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Chèze, Jérôme, Chiarabba, Claudio, Cougoulat, Glenn, Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D’Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasović, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Funke, Sigward, Govoni, Aladino, Gröschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Huber, Johann, Jarić, Dejan, Jedlička, Petr, Jund, Hélène, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kolínský, Petr, Kotek, Josef, Kühne, Lothar, Kuk, Krešo, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Métral, Laurent, Moretti, Milena, Munzarová, Helena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Péquegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Florian, Piccinini, Davide, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snježan, Racine, Roman, Régnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schippkus, Sven, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Solarino, Stefano, Spieker, Kathrin, Stipčević, Josip, Strollo, Angelo, Süle, Bálint, Szanyi, Gyöngyvér, Szűcs, Eszter, Thorwart, Martin, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Luděk, Voigt, René, Weidle, Christian, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Publikationen aller GIPP-unterstützten Projekte, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observatory, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Dynamique globale et déformation active (IPGS) (IPGS-DGDA), Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Earth Sciences [Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - ETH Zürich] (D-ERDW), Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research [Kiel] (GEOMAR), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Roma (INGV), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale (OGS), Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR219-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa (UniGe), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam (GFZ), Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences [Budapest], Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Slovenian Environment Agency, Swiss National Science Foundation (Grants SINERGIA CRSII2_1544341 and OROG3NY PP00P2_157627), (b) National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, Hungary (Grant NKFI K124241), (c) Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Grants EU-04/2014, EU-07/2015), (d) Czech Academy of Sciences (Grant M100121201), (e) Operational Programme Research, Development and Education (Project CzechGeo/EPOS-Sci, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001800), (f) CzechGeo/EPOS (large research infrastructure, Grants LM2010008 and LM2015079), (g) Austrian Science Fund FWF (Project Numbers 26391 and 30707), (h) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG (Grants SPP2017 and MerMet 14-94), (i) INGV for committing internal funding, (j) Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France (contract ANR-15-CE31-0015), (k) RESIF National Research Infrastructure (Investissements d’Avenir, France, ANR-AA-EQPX-0040), (l) French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) for funding the EGS-Alsace project, (m) Labex OSUG@2020 programme (Investissements d’Avenir, France, ANR10 LABX56), (n) Croatian ScienceFoundation (Grant HRZZ IP-2014-09-9666)., ANR-15-CE31-0015,AlpArray-FR,Voir et comprendre les Alpes en 3D, de la croûte au manteau(2015), ANR-10-LABX-0056,OSUG@2020,Innovative strategies for observing and modelling natural systems(2010), Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-IPG PARIS-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (Freie Universität Berlin), Universita degli studi di Genova, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-IPG PARIS-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Department of Earth Sciences [ETH Zürich] (D-ERDW), GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research [Kiel] (GEOMAR), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR219-PRES Université de Grenoble-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), ANR-15-CE31-0015,AlpArray-FR,Voir et comprendre les Alpes en 3D, de la croûte au manteau, ANR-10-LABX-0056/10-LABX-0056,OSUG@2020,Innovative strategies for observing and modelling natural systems(2010), and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-PRES Université de Grenoble-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR219-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)

Subjects
Seismometer, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Geophysical imaging, [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph], Seismic imaging, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, Seismic network, Geodynamics, 01 natural sciences, Article, seismology, Alps, seismic network, geodynamics, seismic imaging, mountain building, Mountain building, Seismology, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Transition zone, 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::551 Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologie, ddc:530, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, Seismic hazard, Mountain formation, Geology
Abstract

The AlpArray programme is a multinational, European consortium to advance our understanding of orogenesis and its relationship to mantle dynamics, plate reorganizations, surface processes and seismic hazard in the Alps–Apennines–Carpathians–Dinarides orogenic system. The AlpArray Seismic Network has been deployed with contributions from 36 institutions from 11 countries to map physical properties of the lithosphere and asthenosphere in 3D and thus to obtain new, high-resolution geophysical images of structures from the surface down to the base of the mantle transition zone. With over 600 broadband stations operated for 2 years, this seismic experiment is one of the largest simultaneously operated seismological networks in the academic domain, employing hexagonal coverage with station spacing at less than 52 km. This dense and regularly spaced experiment is made possible by the coordinated coeval deployment of temporary stations from numerous national pools, including ocean-bottom seismometers, which were funded by different national agencies. They combine with permanent networks, which also required the cooperation of many different operators. Together these stations ultimately fill coverage gaps. Following a short overview of previous large-scale seismological experiments in the Alpine region, we here present the goals, construction, deployment, characteristics and data management of the AlpArray Seismic Network, which will provide data that is expected to be unprecedented in quality to image the complex Alpine mountains at depth., Surveys in Geophysics, 39 (5), ISSN:0169-3298, ISSN:1573-0956

Published
2018

11. Ambient-noise tomography of the wider Vienna Basin region

Author

Schippkus, Sven, Zigone, Dimitri, Bokelmann, Götz, Hetenyi, György, Abreu, Rafael, Allegretti, Ivo, Apoloner, Maria-Theresia, Aubert, Coralie, Besancon, Simon, Bes de Berc, Maxime, Brunel, Didier, Capello, Marco, Carman, Martina, Cavaliere, Adriano, Cheze, Jerome, Chiarabba, Claudio, Clinton, John, Cougoulat, Glenn, Crawford, Wayne C., Cristiano, Luigia, Czifra, Tibor, D'Alema, Ezio, Danesi, Stefania, Daniel, Romuald, Dannowski, Anke, Dasovic, Iva, Deschamps, Anne, Dessa, Jean-Xavier, Doubre, Cecile, Egdorf, Sven, Fiket, Tomislav, Fischer, Kasper, Friederich, Wolfgang, Fuchs, Florian, Funke, Sigward, Giardini, Domenico, Govoni, Aladino, Graczer, Zoltan, Gröschl, Gidera, Heimers, Stefan, Heit, Ben, Herak, Davorka, Huber, Johann, Jaric, Dejan, Jedlicka, Petr, Jia, Yan, Jund, Helene, Kissling, Edi, Klingen, Stefan, Klotz, Bernhard, Kolinsky, Petr, Kopp, Heidrun, Korn, Michael, Kotek, Josef, Kühne, Lothar, Kuk, Kreso, Lange, Dietrich, Loos, Jürgen, Lovati, Sara, Malengros, Deny, Margheriti, Lucia, Maron, Christophe, Martin, Xavier, Massa, Marco, Mazzarini, Francesco, Meier, Thomas, Metral, Laurent, Molinari, Irene, Moretti, Milena, Munzarova, Helena, Nardi, Anna, Pahor, Jurij, Paul, Anne, Pequegnat, Catherine, Petersen, Daniel, Pesaresi, Damiano, Piccinini, Davide, Piromallo, Claudia, Plenefisch, Thomas, Plomerova, Jaroslava, Pondrelli, Silvia, Prevolnik, Snjezan, Racine, Roman, Regnier, Marc, Reiss, Miriam, Ritter, Joachim, Rümpker, Georg, Salimbeni, Simone, Santulin, Marco, Scherer, Werner, Schulte-Kortnack, Detlef, Sipka, Vesna, Solarino, Stefano, Spallarossa, Daniele, Spieker, Kathrin, Stipcevic, Josip, Strollo, Angelo, Süle, Balint, Szanyi, Gyöngyver, Szücs, Eszter, Thomas, Christine, Thorwart, Martin, Tilmann, Frederik, Ueding, Stefan, Vallocchia, Massimiliano, Vecsey, Ludek, Voigt, Rene, Wassermann, Joachim, Weber, Zoltan, Weidle, Christian, Wesztergom, Viktor, Weyland, Gauthier, Wiemer, Stefan, Wolf, Felix Noah, Wolyniec, David, Zieke, Thomas, Zivcic, Mladen, Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik [Wien] (IMGW), Universität Wien, Sismologie (IPGS) (IPGS-Sismologie), Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Seismic noise, Wave propagation, [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph], Seismic interferometry, Fault (geology), Crustal structure, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Physics::Geophysics, symbols.namesake, Geochemistry and Petrology, Rayleigh wave, Dispersion (water waves), Crustal imaging, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Seismic tomography, Tectonics, Geophysics, symbols, Seismology, Geology
Abstract

International audience; We present a new 3-D shear-velocity model for the top 30 km of the crust in the wider Vienna Basin region based on surface waves extracted from ambient-noise cross-correlations. We use continuous seismic records of 63 broad-band stations of the AlpArray project to retrieve interstation Green's functions from ambient-noise cross-correlations in the period range from 5 to 25 s. From these Green's functions, we measure Rayleigh group traveltimes, utilizing all four components of the cross-correlation tensor, which are associated with Rayleigh waves (ZZ, RR, RZ and ZR), to exploit multiple measurements per station pair. A set of selection criteria is applied to ensure that we use high-quality recordings of fundamental Rayleigh modes. We regionalize the interstation group velocities in a 5 km × 5 km grid with an average path density of ∼20 paths per cell. From the resulting group-velocity maps, we extract local 1-D dispersion curves for each cell and invert all cells independently to retrieve the crustal shear-velocity structure of the study area. The resulting model provides a previously unachieved lateral resolution of seismic velocities in the region of ∼15 km. As major features, we image the Vienna Basin and Little Hungarian Plain as low-velocity anomalies, and the Bohemian Massif with high velocities. The edges of these features are marked with prominent velocity contrasts correlated with faults, such as the Alpine Front and Vienna Basin transfer fault system. The observed structures correlate well with surface geology, gravitational anomalies and the few known crystalline basement depths from boreholes. For depths larger than those reached by boreholes, the new model allows new insight into the complex structure of the Vienna Basin and surrounding areas, including deep low-velocity zones, which we image with previously unachieved detail. This model may be used in the future to interpret the deeper structures and tectonic evolution of the wider Vienna Basin region, evaluate natural resources, model wave propagation and improve earthquake locations, among others.

Published
2018

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