Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018

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M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS03] Interdisciplinary studies on pre-earthquake processes

Thu. May 24, 2018 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM A09 (Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall)

convener:Katsumi Hattori(Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University), Jann-Yenq Liu(Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Taiwan), Dimitar Ouzounov(Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations (CEESMO) , Schmid College of Science & Technology Chapman University, Orange, California, USA, 共同), Qinghua Huang(Peking University), Chairperson:Ouzounov Dimitar, Liu Jann-Yenq(National Central University, Taiwan)

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

[MIS03-01] Three-dimensional electrical structure of the Gaoligong shear zone

*Qinghua Huang1, Tao Ye1, Xiaobin Chen2, Huiqian Zhang1, John Chen1 (1.Peking University, 2.Institute of Geology, CEA)

Keywords:Electrical structure, Seismicity

The Gaoligong shear zone is located at the southwest margin of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, and it acts as the west tectonic boundary of extrusive Indochina block in western Yunnan. Influenced by the extrusion of Tibetan blocks and Indo-Burmese collision, the region is associated with active seismicity and Quaternary volcanoes. We have performed magnetotelluric survey with 78 broad-band magnetotelluric stations covering the Gaoligong shear zone. After various data processing and 3D inversion test, we obtained the first 3D crustal resistivity model in this region. One large resistive body was imaged at the mid-lower crust beneath the Gaoligong shear zone which could block the previously proposed crustal channel flow along this intra-continental block boundary to the east of Tibetan Plateau. However, our 3D model indicates the crustal channel flow could take place to the east of the Gaoligong shear zone as proposed by previous studies. We also investigate the possible relationship between the seismicity and the electrical structure in the Gaoligong region.

This study is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41574104) and the National Basic Research Program of China (2014CB845903).