Thickness of the lithosphere beneath Turkey and surroundings from S-receiver functions

R Kind, T Eken, F Tilmann, F Sodoudi, T Taymaz… - Solid Earth, 2015 - se.copernicus.org
We analyze S-receiver functions to investigate variations of lithospheric thickness below the
entire region of Turkey and surrounding areas. The teleseismic data used here have been …

Crustal structure across the NE Tibetan Plateau and Ordos Block from the joint inversion of receiver functions and Rayleigh-wave dispersions

Y Li, X Wang, R Zhang, Q Wu, Z Ding - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
We investigated the crustal structure at 34 stations using the H-κ stacking method and jointly
inverting receiver functions with Rayleigh-wave phase and group velocities. These seismic …

Depth‐variant azimuthal anisotropy in Tibet revealed by surface wave tomography

S Pandey, X Yuan, E Debayle… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Azimuthal anisotropy derived from multimode Rayleigh wave tomography in China exhibits
depth‐dependent variations in Tibet, which can be explained as induced by the Cenozoic …

Isotropic and Anisotropic P Wave Velocity Structures of the Crust and Uppermost Mantle Beneath Turkey

H Wang, Z Huang, T Eken, D Keleş… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Compressional and extensional tectonics following northward plate convergences since the
Miocene have formed the major surface features in Turkey, such as faulting and orogeny …

Crustal structure beneath the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau constrained by receiver functions and gravity data

L Shi, Y Li, W Wang, Y Ma - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
The northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is a key area for studies of the crustal
thickening and outward expansion of the plateau and its interactions with surrounding …

Complex, multilayered azimuthal anisotropy beneath Tibet: evidence for co-existing channel flow and pure-shear crustal thickening

MR Agius, S Lebedev - Geophysical Journal International, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Of the two debated, end-member models for the late-Cenozoic thickening of Tibetan crust,
one invokes 'channel flow'(rapid viscous flow of the mid-lower crust, driven by topography …

Spatial variation in the present-day stress field and tectonic regime of Northeast Tibet from moment tensor solutions of local earthquake data

Z Pan, J He, Z Shao - Geophysical Journal International, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Focal mechanism solutions and their predicted stress pattern can be used to investigate
tectonic deformation in seismically active zones and contribute to understanding and …

Constraints on the lithospheric kinematics in the Aegean and western Anatolia unveiled by SKS splitting observations

C Erman, S Yolsal‐Çevikbilen, T Eken… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present study investigates azimuthal anisotropy and its relation to the geodynamical
processes beneath the back‐arc of the Hellenic subduction zone in the eastern Aegean and …

Crustal seismic anisotropy of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau and the adjacent areas from shear-wave splitting measurements

N Hu, Y Li, L Xu - Geophysical Journal International, 2020 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY The Northeastern Tibetan Plateau has thickened crust and is still undergoing
strong active crustal shortening and deformation. Crustal anisotropy can provide clues to …

Seismic anisotropy beneath the Pamir and the Hindu Kush: Evidence for contributions from crust, mantle lithosphere, and asthenosphere

SK Kufner, T Eken, F Tilmann, B Schurr… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We use local and teleseismic earthquakes to analyze shear wave splitting within the Pamir‐
Hindu Kush region, north of the western syntaxis of the India‐Asia collision zone. These two …