Recent geophysical and geological investigations of the Tibetan plateau have given rise to conflicting models of plateau growth and deformation, where the presence and extent of partial melt in the crust could be a determining factor. Here we investigate the attenuation structure of the crust and upper mantle, as attenuation...
Much work is presently being done concerning small scale heterogeneities in the
earth's crust. These heterogeneities range from pores in sedimentary rocks up to
fluctuations in the density and seismic constants of the earth's crust with scale lengths
of kilometers. The ability to study and quantify these heterogeneities using seismic...
On November 6, 1988, two strong earthquakes (Mw: 7.0 and 6.8) separated
by about 13 minutes occurred in Yunnan Province, China. The aftershocks located
by Kunming Telemetered Seismic Network form a lineament approximately 120 km
long and 20 km wide with the long dimension oriented approximately N30°W. The
epicenter of...