Surface wave velocity inversions in northern and southern Tibet:
Inversion of GROUP and PHASE velocities (model 2)



Lhasa






Joint inversion of group and phase velocity using a model with 5 km layers in the top 15 km and 10 km layers down to 120 km. Models have fair resolution down to 110 km. The mide crust low velocity zone is slightly more pronounced on the Lhasa model. Moho is well-defined in each. Low velocities immediately above Moho may be accomodating misplaced layer boundary. The most striking feature is the difference in mantle velocities. Lhasa velocities increase quasi-linearly from 4.1 km/s beneath the Moho to about 4.7 km/s at 120 km depth. Under Qiantang, the velocities remain constant at about 4.2 km/s.
The data fits look much like the those from model 1. The phase velocities are fit with consistently with a smoothed version of the data points.


LEGEND
MODEL PLOT:
range of initial models: gray
final models: violet
mean of final models: black

VELOCITY PLOT:
Initial group velocity: pale blue
Initial phase velocity: pink/gray
Final models: black
Measured group velocity: blue
Measured phase velocity: red
Qiangtang