Abstract:
Lithospheric thickness is one of most important parameters to evaluate the earthquake evidence and dynamic mechanism of Tibetan plateau hot flow moving eastward.This paper obtains the stacking S receiver functions of 51 permanent broad-band stations and 211 teleseismic events records with the method of S receiver functions in Sichuan region,we get the depth distribution of the Moho and LAB through transformation of the depth in this region.The main results of the research are as follows:the Moho depth ranges from 40 to 72km in Sichuan region,it becomes thinner from eastern Tibet to Sichuan Basin,the thickest crust is about 72km,located in Yajiang region,the thinnest crust is about 40km,located in Xichong region,the average depth ranges from 52 to 68km beneath the Songpan-Ganze fold and Sichuan-Yunnan terrane,the crustal thickness is estimated to be 55~60km beneath western Longmenshan fault system and about 40km beneath Sichuan Basin,forming a step of 10~15km.the LAB depth ranges from 100 to 180km,western Sichuan Basin is found to be surrounded by a thinner lithosphere,the depth ranges from 100 to 130km beneath the basin boundary as thick as to from 140 to 180km,the thickest lithosphere is about 180km near X fault system, appearing as one depression and two uplifts,the thinnest lithosphere ranges from 100 to 120km beneath western Longmenshan fault system and northwestern Sichuan Basin,at the same time,the lithosphere thickness near Huamashi ranges from 100 to 120km.The last dynamic model of this paper is as follows:it is proved that a eastward preferential hot asthenosphere flow from Tibetan plateau is resisted by the cold thick rigid Sichuan Basin with Seismic evidence,thus branching into a northeastward and a southeastward one.