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    Broadband regional waveform modeling to investigate crustal structure and tectonics of the central Andes

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    Author
    Swenson, Jennifer Lyn
    Issue Date
    1999
    Keywords
    Geology.
    Geophysics.
    Advisor
    Beck, Susan L.
    
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    We use broadband regional waveform modeling of earthquakes in the central Andes to determine seismic properties of the Altiplano crust. Properties of the shear-coupled P-wavetrain (SPL ) from intermediate-depth events provide particularly important information about the structure of the crust. We utilize broadband seismic data recorded at the BANJO and SEDA stations, and synthetic seismograms computed with a reflectivity technique to study the sensitivity of SPL to crustal and upper mantle parameters at regional distances. We find that the long-period SPL-wavetrain is most sensitive to crustal and mantle Poisson's ratios, average crustal velocity, and crustal thickness. A comprehensive grid search method developed to investigate these four parameters suggests that although trade-offs exist between model parameters, models of the Altiplano which provide the best fit between the data and synthetic seismograms are characterized by low Poisson's ratios, low average crustal velocity and thick crust. We apply our grid search technique and sensitivity analysis results to model the full waveforms from 6 intermediate-depth and 2 shallow-focus earthquakes recorded at regional distances by BANJO and SEDA stations. Results suggest that the Altiplano crust is much thicker (55-65 km) and slower (5.75-6.25 km/s) than global average values. Low crustal and mantle Poisson's ratios together with the lack of evidence for a high-velocity lower crust suggests a bulk felsic crustal composition, resulting in an overall weak crust. Our results favor a model of crustal thickening involving large-scale tectonic shortening of a predominantly felsic crust. To better understand the mechanics of earthquake rupture along the South American subduction zone, we have analyzed broadband teleseismic P-waves and utilize single- and multi-station inversion techniques to constrain source characteristics for the 12 November 1996 Peru subduction zone earthquake. Aftershock locations, intensity reports, directivity, and spatial locations of seismic moment pulses indicate that the 1996 Peru event ruptured primarily southeast. This earthquake re-ruptured a portion of the 1942 Peru event. We find no indication that the 1996 Peru earthquake ruptured to the northwest, suggesting a sizable gap along the Peru trench corresponding to the position of the northwest flank of the subducting Nazca Ridge.
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    Geosciences
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    University of Arizona
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