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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
Lithospheric Tomography Structure Beneath Arabia using Surface Waves Group Velocities
التركيب الضموغرافي للغلاف الصخري تحت الجزيرة العربية بإستخدام سرعة المجموعة للموجات السطحية
 
Subject : Earth Sciences 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : The group velocity distribution beneath the Arabian Plate is investigated using Love and Rayleigh waves. A balanced path coverage was obtained using seismograms generated by earthquakes located along the plate boundaries in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Aden, western Iran, Turkey, and the Dead Sea fault system. Tomographic inversions of Love- and Rayleigh-wave group velocities have been used to estimate the lateral group-velocity variations in the period range of 5 - 60 s. The Love- and Rayleigh-wave results are consistent and show that the average group velocity increases from 2.38-2.44 km/s at 5-7 s to 3.74-3.98 at 56-60 s, for Rayleigh and Love waves respectively. The tomographic results delineate first-order regional structure heterogeneity as well as a sharp transition between the two major tectonic provinces in the region, the Arabian Shield (faster than average) and the Arabian Platform (slower than average). The boundary between the fast and slow regions is sharp and coincides well with the boundaries of the Arabian Shield for shorter periods, while for longer periods, the fast regions correlate well with the boundaries of the Red Sea. 
ISSN : 1012-8832 
Journal Name : Earth Sciences Journal 
Volume : 11 
Issue Number : 1 
Publishing Year : 1420 AH
1999 AD 
Number Of Pages : 17 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Sunday, October 11, 2009 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
طلال مختارTALAL MOKHTAR Researcher  
روبرت هيرمان ROBERT HERRMANN Researcher  
تشارلز آمونCHARLES AMMON Researcher  
حافظ غالبHAFIDH GHALIBResearcher  

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