Search results for "Bouguer anomaly"
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Observations and Field Activities
2009
Optimization and Inversion
2009
Study of Southern Tyrrhenian and Sicilian regions by a sequential procedure to integrate WAM seismic tomographies and Bouguer anomaly data
2009
A procedure to obtain 3D velocity-density models and earthquake relocation by integrated inversion of P and S wave traveltimes and Bouguer anomaly distribution was applied to a large dataset concerning the Southern Tyrrhenian and Sicilian areas. The seismic dataset was subdivided into two subsets for separate inversions, whose results were later on joined by the WAM (Weighted Average Model) technique. This is a post-processing technique proposed by Calò et al. (2009) by which preliminary tomographic models are unified in a common 3D grid. The first dataset concerns 28873 P and 9990 S arrival times of 1800 earthquakes located in the area 14°30′ E - 17°E, 37°N - 41°N while the second dataset …
Gravity Anomalies and Disturbances: Reductions and Analyses
2009
Crustal structure of the Reykjanes Ridge near 62°N, on the basis of seismic refraction and gravity data
2007
Explosion deep seismic sounding data sections of high quality had been obtained with RV Meteor in the Reykjanes Iceland Seismic Project (RRISP77 [Angenheister, G., Gebrande, H., Miller, H., Goldflam, P., Weigel, W., Jacoby, W.R., Palmason, G., Bjornsson, S., Einarsson, P., Pavlenkova, N.I., Zverev, S., Litvinenko, I.V., Loncarecic, B., Solomon, S., 1980. Reykjanes Ridge Iceland Seismic Experiment (RRISP 77). J. Geophys. 47, 228–238]) which close an information gap near 62°N. Preliminary results were presented by Weigel [Weigel, W., 1980. Aufbau des Reykjanes Ruckens nach refraktionsseismischen Messungen. In: Weigel, W. (Ed.), Reykjanes Rucken, Island, Norwegischer Kontinentalrand. Abschluss…
Deep structural setting of the North American-Caribbean plate boundary in eastern Guatemala
2009
Se presenta un modelo bidimensional de gravedad para determinar la estructura en profundidad del sistema de fallas lateral-izquierda de Motagua-Polochic, que son parte del límite de las placas América del Norte y del Caribe. Estos elementos tectónicos, sismicamente activos, atraviesan oeste-este la región de Guatemala y se sobreponen a una línea de sutura donde afloran cuerpos ophiolíticos. En las principales zonas de desplazamiento de las fallas se han desarrollado cuencas de pull-apart y regiones de restricción (push-up). El análisis estructural de algunas de estas fallas, situadas a lo largo del valle Izabal y del valle Motagua, en combinación con los datos obtenidos del satélite, ha per…
Crust–mantle transition and Moho model for Iceland and surroundings from seismic, topography, and gravity data
2005
An increasing data set exists on the nature and thickness of the Iceland crust. This paper relates topography, i.e., elevation and bathymetry (TOP), Bouguer gravity anomalies (BA) and Moho depths to each other to assess the consequences of the “thick crust model” for Iceland in the context of the North Atlantic. Results of regression of TOP and BA vs. Moho depth are converted into “Airy densities” Δρ* (mantle crust density contrasts in the case of ideal Airy isostasy). For Iceland, Δρ* is very low (105±10 kg/m3); for the adjacent continental margins and relicts, it is high and intermediate for the Jan Mayen Ridge. The values are affected by lithosphere cooling and systematic variations of i…
Eastern Pontides and Black Sea: gravity inversion, crustal structure, isostasy and geodynamics
2002
Abstract Lacking detailed seismic data on the crustal structure of Anatolia and the transition to the Black Sea, it is attempted to invert gravity for crust-mantle structure with constraints from the limited a priori information available, as average continental and oceanic crust, local topography, an isostatic model, published marine seismic data and a tentative “fix point” from recent seismological receiver functions near the Black Sea coast. An initial 2D-model for a north–south profile along about 40°E longitude is constructed and adjusted to fit the Bouguer anomaly taken from a published Turkish map and results from satellite radar altimetry. Isostasy, seismic data and gravity inversio…
Gravity modelling of the lower crust in Sardinia (Italy)
1997
In this paper an example is given of an application of statistical techniques to the Bouguer anomalies analysis in order to design a simple crustal model using few a priori assumptions. All gravity measurements carried out in Sardinia have been collected and processed. The Bouguer anomalies have been calculated according to local density estimates. Spectral analysis of the Bouguer anomalies has been carried out along selected profiles in order to estimate the mean depth of the Moho discontinuity and that of an infracrustal discontinuity. The use of this technique inferred the presence of a discontinuity at a mean depth of ~ 28 km, interpreted as Moho and the likely presence of an infracrust…