SUN WeiJia,
FU LiYun,
WEI Wei et al
.2018.The crust-mantle transition structures beneath eastern China.Chinese Journal Of Geophysics,61(3): 845-855,doi: 10.6038/cjg2018L0551
The crust-mantle transition structures beneath eastern China
SUN WeiJia1,2, FU LiYun1,3, WEI Wei2,4, LIN Yi1,2, TANG QingYa1,2
1. Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; 2. Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; 3. School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum(East China), Shandong Qingdao 266580, China; 4. Key Laboratory of Shale Gas and Geoengineering, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Abstract:The Moho is a discontinuity separating the crust from the mantle. However, the Moho cannot be simply represented by a sharp discontinuity but a transition with thickness ranging from several kilometers to tens of kilometers. The transition could reveal the interactions between the crust and the mantle. Combining the results of deep seismic sounding, wide-angle seismic refractions and high-temperature high-pressure experiments, the paper determines the range of P wave speed of the crust-mantle transition to be 6.8~7.5 km·s-1. The mean thickness of the crust-mantle transition is 5~10 km beneath eastern China. The thinnest crust-mantle transition occurs beneath Sichuan Basin, the core of Yangtze Craton. The crust-mantle transition beneath Trans-North China Orogen (TNCO) is as thick as~30 km. With geochemical evidences, the thick crust-mantle transition might be attributed to underplating and accumulation of mantle magma.
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