Hangtao Yu , Chuang Xu , Hui Zhang , Pengbo Qin , Jun Wang
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Abstract
The Parker-Oldenburg method is a commonly used classical interface inversion method for Moho topographic inversion. However, this method is excessively reliant on two hyperparameters − the Moho density contrast and the average Moho depth. Due to the failure to take into account the effect of non-linear terms and computational inefficiencies, this previous method leads to a significant bias in the hyperparameters estimation, which renders it impossible to invert the finer Moho topography. To address this issue, we propose a new method that utilizes the genetic algorithm to estimate more accurate hyperparameters. Synthetic test results illustrate that the differences of the estimated Moho density contrast and average Moho depth from our method and the true values are only 0.044 g/cm3 and 0.729 km, respectively. Compared with the improved Bott’s method, the errors were reduced by 12.28 % and 2.23 %, respectively. To further illustrate the effectiveness of our method, we apply this method to the Southwestern Sub-basin of the South China Sea, where the Moho density contrast and average Moho depth are determined to be 0.61 g/cm3 and 19.18 km, respectively by imposing seismic data constraints. The Moho topography is then inverted based on these determinations, revealing that the Moho topography ranges from 6.3 km to 24.9 km in the study area and exhibits pronounced undulations. Compared to other Moho topography models, our Moho topography is more accurate.
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Journal of Asian Earth Sciences has an open access mirror journal Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.
The Journal of Asian Earth Sciences is an international interdisciplinary journal devoted to all aspects of research related to the solid Earth Sciences of Asia. The Journal publishes high quality, peer-reviewed scientific papers on the regional geology, tectonics, geochemistry and geophysics of Asia. It will be devoted primarily to research papers but short communications relating to new developments of broad interest, reviews and book reviews will also be included. Papers must have international appeal and should present work of more than local significance.
The scope includes deep processes of the Asian continent and its adjacent oceans; seismology and earthquakes; orogeny, magmatism, metamorphism and volcanism; growth, deformation and destruction of the Asian crust; crust-mantle interaction; evolution of life (early life, biostratigraphy, biogeography and mass-extinction); fluids, fluxes and reservoirs of mineral and energy resources; surface processes (weathering, erosion, transport and deposition of sediments) and resulting geomorphology; and the response of the Earth to global climate change as viewed within the Asian continent and surrounding oceans.