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The velocity structure of the Carpathian zone from the ambient noise surface wave tomography

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The dispersion curves of the Rayleigh wave group velocities are constructed along 60 interstation seismic paths in Central Europe based on the cross-correlation function of seismic noise. Together with the previous data (Yanovskaya and Lyskova, 2013), this information was used for reconstructing the three-dimensional distribution of S-wave velocities in the upper mantle of the Carpathian region. In the present work, the previous results are refined by expanding the data set by the additional seismic paths that intersect the Carpathian region and by modifying the procedure for constructing the locally averaged dispersion curves so as to obtain a more compact resolution. The results of the study suggest the complex, multidirectional character of the plate motion in the region.

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  1. Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, ul. Ul’yanovskaya 1, Petrodvorets, St. Petersburg, 198594, Russia

    T. B. Yanovskaya, E. L. Lyskova & T. Yu. Koroleva

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Original Russian Text © T.B. Yanovskaya, E.L. Lyskova, T.Yu. Koroleva, 2014, published in Fizika Zemli, 2014, No. 5, pp. 44–50.

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Yanovskaya, T.B., Lyskova, E.L. & Koroleva, T.Y. The velocity structure of the Carpathian zone from the ambient noise surface wave tomography. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 50, 632–640 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351314050085

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