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Thickness of the central and eastern European lithosphere as seen by S receiver functions

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Geissler, Wolfram H., Sodoudi, Forough, Kind, Rainer·2010·Geophysical Journal International
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-246x.2010.04548.x
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S receiver functions obtained from seismograms of teleseismic events recorded at 78 European permanent broad-band stations are used to estimate the thickness of the European lithosphere. Our results provide new, independent information about the lithospheric thickness beneath the Precambrian platform of Eastern Europe and the Phanerozoic platform of central Europe. Detailed high-resolution images of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) reveal indications for a typical continental lithosphere of about 100 km thickness beneath a majority of stations within Central Europe, whereas in the vicinity of the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ), the lithosphere thickens to about 130 km. A relatively thin lithosphere of 80 km was found beneath the Upper Rhine Graben region suggesting that the Cenozoic extension affects the whole lithosphere. No clear signal from the LAB was detected beneath the Alps and Carpathians. The LAB Sp phase might be disturbed by complicated structure due to ongoing collision/subduction in these regions, or the data are not yet sufficiently dense. A relatively thicker lithosphere of about 120 km was found beneath the SW part of the Bohemian Massif that was formed during the Variscan orogeny. We found an LAB depth of about 190 km near a single station located in the Vrancea area/Eastern Carpathians, which is characterized by the occurrence of intermediate deep earthquakes. Beneath the stations located in the Precambrian platform of Eastern Europe, the LAB deepens to approximately >200 km, even though the converted phase from the LAB is not as sharp as found beneath other stations located in Central Europe or even is missing.

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  • Since collisional orogens are characterised by a thicker lithosphere, they are likely less sensitive to mantle dynamics than the southern Patagonian Andes.

    “Since these collisional orogens are characterised by a thicker lithosphere (Geissler et al., 2010;Ravikumar et al., 2020), they are likely less sensitive to mantle dynamics than the southern Patagonian Andes.”

    From Fast uplift in the southern Patagonian Andes due to long- and short-term deglaciation and the asthenospheric window underneath (2024) · cites this paper as Geissler et al., 2010

    In “New Observations in Context of Existing Data,” the paper links Alpine collision to a deeper lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary. But “Depth of LAB Beneath Europe from Single Station Analysis” reports no consistent boundary signal beneath the Alps and Carpathians, so it does not establish that collisional orogens generally have thicker lithosphere. The sentence’s comparison of sensitivity to mantle dynamics appears to be the citing authors’ inference, not a finding attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Geissler, W. H., Sodoudi, F., & Kind, R.
Affiliations
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Geissler, Wolfram H.
  • Sodoudi, Forough
  • Kind, Rainer
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Venue
Geophysical Journal International
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2010-03
ISSN
  • 0956-540X (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-246X
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-246x.2010.04548.x
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W1980301146
Cited by
114
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geology › Geological and Geophysical Studies
Keywords
lithospheric thickness, lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary, S receiver functions, Trans-European Suture Zone, Upper Rhine Graben, Bohemian Massif, Eastern Carpathians, Precambrian platform, continental lithosphere, teleseismic events, deep earthquakes, Variscan orogeny

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