Two-layer model of anisotropy beneath Myanmar and Thailand revealed by shear-wave splitting

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Published: Feb 16, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8769

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Kasemsak Saetang
Program in Physics, Faculty of Education, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

Abstract

The first model of two layers is presented to study the anisotropy pattern beneath Myanmar and Thailand using shear-wave splitting. Teleseismic activity recorded by 15 permanent broadband stations was analysed to investigate the anisotropy and to understand the flow direction in the mantle. The flow direction and speed were observed in the forms of fast polarisation direction (πœ™) and delay time (𝛿𝑑) between fast and slow components. The measurements showed that a two-layer model beneath stations better explicates the splitting observations than a single-layer model. The upper and lower layers were interpreted as lithosphere and asthenosphere in similar patterns and compared with GPS (Global Positioning System) velocity fields and strain rate fields. Two groups of πœ™ can be classified and matched with West-Burma Terrane (WBT) and Shan-Thai Terrane (STT).


The πœ™ represents that West-Burma Terrane moves in a northward direction, Shan-Thai Terrane and Indo-China Terrane (ICT) move in a south-eastern direction, and West-Burma Terrane has less anisotropy of πœ™ than Shan-Thai Terrane.

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Saetang, K. (2023) β€œTwo-layer model of anisotropy beneath Myanmar and Thailand revealed by shear-wave splitting”, Annals of Geophysics, 65(6). doi: 10.4401/ag-8769.
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Vol. 65 No. 6 (2022)
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Seismology
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