Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Identifier

544

Date

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Earth Sciences

Concentration

Geophysics

Committee Chair

Christine A Powell

Committee Member

Charles A Langston

Committee Member

Randel T Cox

Abstract

We develop crust and mantle models of the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (ETSZ) using imaging and inversion of the radial component P-wave transfer functions for stations in the Center for Earthquake Research and Information's (CERI) eastern Tennessee seismic network. We find complex structure in the upper 10 km in addition to an upper mantle high velocity zone with Vp values from ~8.2-8.56 km/s. This high velocity zone most likely extends from the west into the ETSZ and may be preserved mantle structure from the Granite Rhyolite province. Moho in the area is mostly gradational. However, velocity discontinuities can be seen at places indicating a fairly stable Moho depth of ~45-50 km. We suggest that the NY-AL lineament represents a major deep crustal to upper mantle feature.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

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