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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 99-110.doi: 10.12196/j.issn.1000-3274.2022.01.007

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Study on the Influence of Inclined Interface and Anisotropy on the Method of Harmonic Decomposition

ZHA Xiao-hui1,2   

  1. 1. Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
    2. Earthquake Administration of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330026, China
  • Received:2020-01-17 Revised:2020-05-09 Published:2022-09-08

Abstract: The receiver function harmonic decomposition method can extract the inhomogeneous information under the crust, but when many kinds of inhomogeneities exist at the same time, the accuracy of the inversion results of this method is not very clear at present. Based on five groups of 20 theoretical models, the influence of inclined interface and anisotropy on the method of harmonic decomposition is studied. The results show that the harmonic decomposition method can get the model parameters well for the case of inclined interface only. When anisotropy and inclined interface exist at the same time, the existence of anisotropy will affect the amplitude information of inclined interface obtained by harmonic decomposition, and the influence is also related to the direction of inclined interface. The strength of anisotropy obtained by anisotropic harmonic decomposition of tilt axis is related to the dip angle of tilt axis, while the direction of fast axis has little effect. The harmonic decomposition method is used to analyze the Jiujiang station, Jiangxi, China. The results show that dipping interface and anisotropy coexist under the station, the fast axis direction is about 86 ° and the time delay is about 0.46 s.

Key words: Anisotropy, Dipping interface, Harmonic decomposition, Receiver function

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