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A 3-D shear velocity model of the southern North American and Caribbean plates from ambient noise and earthquake tomography.

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BEATRIZ GAITE

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We use group velocities from earthquake tomography together with group and phase velocities from ambient noise tomography (ANT) of Rayleigh waves to invert for the 3-D shear-wave velocity structure (5-70 km) of the Caribbean (CAR) and southern North American (NAM) plates. The lithospheric model proposed offers a complete image of the crust and uppermost-mantle with imprints of the tectonic evolution. One of the most striking features inferred is the main role of the Ouachita-Marathon-Sonora orogeny front on the crustal seismic structure of the NAM plate. A new imaged feature is the low crustal velocities along the USA-Mexico border. The model also shows a break of the east-west mantle velocity dichotomy of the NAM and CAR plates beneath the Isthmus of the Tehuantepec and the Yucatan Block. High upper-mantle velocities along the Mesoamerican Subduction Zone coincide with inactive volcanic areas while the lowest velocities correspond to active volcanic arcs and thin lithospheric mantle regions.

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Copernicus GmbH

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29 de diciembre de 2015

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https://www.solid-earth.net/6/271/2015/

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Gaite, B.; A. Villasenor; A. Iglesias; M. Herraiz and I. Jimenez-Munt. 2015. "A 3-D Shear Velocity Model of the Southern North American and Caribbean Plates from Ambient Noise and Earthquake Tomography." Solid Earth, 6(1), 271-284.

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