Ge. Randall et al., MOMENT TENSOR ESTIMATION USING REGIONAL SEISMOGRAMS FROM A TIBETAN PLATEAU PORTABLE NETWORK DEPLOYMENT, Geophysical research letters, 22(13), 1995, pp. 1665-1668
We present the results of moment tenser inversions using regional seis
mograms recorded during the 1991-1992 PASSCAL passive seismic experime
nt on the Tibetan Plateau. Using data recorded over a one-year period,
we estimate the source mechanisms for 38 earthquakes within and near
the Tibetan Plateau with moment-magnitudes (M(w)) ranging from 3.8 to
5.0. With only one exception, all the events within the Plateau, but a
way from the Plateau boundary, indicate either strike-slip or extensio
nal faulting, a result consistent with previous studies. Three-fourths
of all the events occurred at depths less than 10 km, and all but two
depths less than 15 km. Several events, located near the southeastern
section of the Plateau, exhibit an unusual m(b)-M(w) difference of ap
proximately one magnitude unit.