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Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2597-2021
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19 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2021

3D crustal structure of the Ligurian Basin revealed by surface wave tomography using ocean bottom seismometer data

Felix N. Wolf, Dietrich Lange, Anke Dannowski, Martin Thorwart, Wayne Crawford, Lars Wiesenberg, Ingo Grevemeyer, Heidrun Kopp, and the AlpArray Working Group

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The Ligurian Sea opened ~30–15 Ma during SE migration of the Calabrian subduction zone. Using ambient seismic noise from stations on land and at the ocean bottom, we calculated a 3D shear-velocity model of the Ligurian Basin. In keeping with existing 2D studies, we find a shallow crust–mantle transition at the SW basin centre that deepens towards the northeast, Corsica, and the Liguro-Provençal coast. We observe a separation of SW and NE basins. We do not observe high crustal vP/vS ratios.
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