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A crustal model along 39°S from a seismic refraction profile- ISSA 2000

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Araneda,  M.
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Asch,  Günter
2.4 Seismology, 2.0 Physics of the Earth, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Bataille,  K.
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Bohm,  Mirjam
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Bruhn,  C.
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Giese,  P.
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Lüth,  Stefan
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Quezada,  J.
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Rietbrock,  A.
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Wigger,  P.
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Araneda, M., Asch, G., Bataille, K., Bohm, M., Bruhn, C., Giese, P., Lüth, S., Quezada, J., Rietbrock, A., Wigger, P. (2003): A crustal model along 39°S from a seismic refraction profile- ISSA 2000. - Revista Geológica de Chile, 30, 1, 83-101.
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0716-02082003000100006


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_231603
Abstract
The results of a seismic refraction profile across the Southern Andes at 39�S from the Chilean Pacific coast to the Argentinean Neuqu�n Basin are presented here. A 2-D crustal velocity model was derived from traveltime forward modelling of the correlated phases on shot-sections from shot-points in the Pacific Ocean and in the Chilean Main Cordillera. The crustal velocity model is characterized by lower average velocities in the fore-arc than in the arc. A typical receiver function studies. The oceanic Moho was observed down to ca. 45 km depth under the continental fore-arc. Using additional structural and seismic data, the velocity model was extrapolated to the west and to the east, and this model was converted into a rough density model. The gravity, computed from this density model, is consistent with the free-air and Bouguer gravity. A crustal thickness of ca. 40 km is inferred for the magmatic arc. Gradually decreasing average velocities of the continental crust from east to west are proposed to be due to the influence of the intrusion of the North Patagonian batholith in the east and of decreasing age of the accretionary wedge together with underplating of subducted sediments at the base of the continental crust in the west.