Crustal structure of the eastern Mediterranean inferred from Rayleigh wave dispersion

Sierd Cloetingh; Guust Nolet; Rinus Wortel

doi:10.1016/0012-821X(80)90215-0

Crustal structure of the eastern Mediterranean inferred from Rayleigh wave dispersion

Sierd Cloetingh^*, Guust Nolet, Rinus Wortel

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Utrecht University

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Abstract

Rayleigh wave group velocity data from paths crossing the Levantine Sea are presented. We have derived a suite of models for the crustal structure of the Levantine Sea for extreme values of data errors and of the data corrections which were applied in order to account for lateral heterogeneity. We conclude that models with a crustal thickness less than 30 km are not consistent with the data. Our preferred models are characterized by a crustal thickness of 35-40 km. These results and the presence of an extremely thick sedimentary sequence point to a passive continental margin type of structure underlying the Levantine Sea. Additional data from the path Sicily-Jerusalem suggest that this type of structure is representative of the whole of the eastern Mediterranean (Levantine Sea and Ionian Sea).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	336-342
Number of pages	7
Journal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(80)90215-0
Publication status	Published - Dec 1980

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