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Galvé et al. 2002
Galvé, A., Sapin, M., Hirn, A., Diaz, J., Lépine, J.-C., Laigle, M., Gallart, J. and Jiang, M. (2002). Complex images of Moho and variation of Vp/Vs across the Himalaya and South Tibet, from a joint receiver-function and wide-angle-reflection approach. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015611. issn: 0094-8276.

Teleseismic receiver functions (RF) allow us to image the spatial variation of the crust-mantle boundary (Moho) along a tight array spanning from south of the Himalayas to the centre of the Tibetan Plateau. This approach is cross-tested with wide-angle reflection imaging (WARR). Highlighted by each of the two independent methods, a complex architecture of the Moho with dipping and overlapping segments indicating lithospheric imbrication, is confirmed. The joint use of the two methods reveals an increase of the average crustal P-to-S-wave-velocity ratio from south to the centre of the Lhasa block. This may be due to lowered S-wave velocity confined in specific layers, that may be interpreted as partial melt. This accounts for half of the relative increase in the delay of direct teleseismic S-wave arrivals with respect to P-wave arrivals from south to north, suggesting a similar anomaly in the shallower mantle.

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Exploration Geophysics, Seismic methods, Seismology, Lithosphere and upper mantle, Information Related to Geographic Region, Asia
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Geophysical Research Letters
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