The Tienshan orogenic belt is one of the most active intracontinental orogenic belts in the world. Studying the deep crust-mantle structure in this area is of great significance for understanding the deep dynamics of the Tienshan orogen. The distribution of fixed seismic stations in the Tianshan orogenic belt is sparse. The low resolution of the existing tomographic results in the Tienshan orogenic belt has affected the in-depth understanding of the deep dynamics of the Tienshan orogenic belt. In this paper, the observation data of 52 mobile seismic stations in the Xinjiang Seismic Network and the 11 new seismic stations in the Tienshan area for one-year observations are used. The seismic ambient noise tomography method is used to obtain the Rayleigh surface wave velocity distribution image in the range of 10~50s beneath the Chinese Tienshan and its adjacent areas (41°~48° N, 79°~91° E). The joint inversion of surface wave and receiver function reveals the S-wave velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle and the crustal thickness below the station beneath the Chinese Tienshan area(41°~46° N, 79°~91° E). The use of observation data from mobile stations and new fixed seismic stations has improved the resolution of surface wave phase velocity imaging and S-wave velocity structure models in the study area.
The results show that there are many obvious low-velocity layers in the crust near the basin-bearing zone in the northern Tienshan Mountains and the southern Tienshan Mountains. There are significant differences in the structural characteristics and distribution range of the low-velocity zone in the northern margin and the southern margin. Combining previous research results on artificial seismic profiles, receiver function profiles, teleseismic tomography, and continental subduction simulation experiments, it is speculated that the subduction of the Tarim Basin and the Junggar Basin to the Tienshan orogenic belt mainly occurs in the middle of the Chinese Tienshan orogenic belt, and the subduction of the southern margin of the Tienshan Mountains is larger than that of the northern margin, and the subduction of the eastern crust is not obvious or in the early subduction stage. There are many low-velocity layers in the inner crust of the Tienshan orogenic belt, and most of them correspond to the strong uplifting areas that are currently occurring. The thickness of the crust below the Tienshan orogenic belt is between 55km and 63km. The thickness of the crust(about 63km)is the largest near the BLT seismic station in the Bazhou region of Xinjiang. The average crustal thickness of the Tarim Basin is about 45km, and that of the Junggar Basin is 47km. The S-wave velocity structure obtained in this study can provide a new deep basis for the study of the segmentation of the Tienshan orogenic belt and the difference of the basin-mountain coupling type.

Yingjiang area is located in the China-Burma border,the Sudian-Xima arc tectonic belt,which lies in the collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian plates.The Yingjiang earthquake occurring on May 30th,2014 is the only event above M_S6.0 in this region since seismicity can be recorded.In this study,we relocated the Yingjiang M_S5.6 and M_S6.1 earthquake sequences by using the double-difference method.The results show that two main shocks are located in the east of the Kachang-Dazhuzhai Fault,the northern segment of the Sudian-Xima Fault.Compared with the Yingjiang M_S5.6 earthquake,the Yingjiang M_S6.1 earthquake is nearer to the Kachang-Dazhuzhai Fault.The aftershocks of the two earthquakes are distributed along the strike direction of the Kachang-Dazhuzhai Fault (NNE).The rupture zone of the main shock of Yingjiang M_S6.1 earthquake extends northward approximately 5km.The aftershocks of two earthquakes are mainly located in the eastern side of the Kachang-Dazhuzhai Fault with a significant asymmetry along the fault,which differ from the characteristics of the aftershock distribution of the strike-slip earthquake.It may indicate that the Yingjiang earthquakes are conjugate rupture earthquakes.The non-double-couple components are relatively high in the moment tensor.We speculate that the Yingjiang earthquakes are related to the fractured zone caused by the long-term seismic activity and heat effect in the deep between Kachang-Dazhuzhai Fault and its neighboring secondary faults.Aftershock distribution of the Yingjiang M_S6.1 earthquake on the southern area crosses a secondary fault on the right of the Kachang-Dazhuzhai Fault,suggesting that the coseismic rupture of the secondary fault may be triggered by the dynamic stress of the main shock.

We integrated two-month phase data recorded by Yunnan Seismic Network, Zhaotong Seismic Network, Qiaojia Seismic Array and temporal stations deployed around the Ludian earthquake source region and relocated the aftershock sequence of the Ludian earthquake. The locations of 1 750 aftershocks were determined using double-difference location algorithm. The relocation result shows that the aftershock distribution has two predominant directions, to the southeast and southwest, and shows itself as an asymmetric conjugate shape. The lengths of the two aftershock strips are about 16km. The angle between the two strips is about 100°. Aftershock distribution shows that the seismogenic fault of the Ludian earthquake is a high-angle strike-slip fault. The mainshock is located at the middle at southwest of the two aftershock strips. Early aftershocks are distributed mainly along the NW-SE direction, perpendicular to the Zhaotong-Ludian Fault. The aftershocks located to the southwest of the mainshock may be triggered by the mainshock. According to the aftershock distribution and its relations with neighboring faults, focal mechanism of the mainshock, the long axis orientation of seismic intensity map, and distribution of landslides, we speculate that the seismogenic fault is the Baogunao-Xiaohe Fault. There are significant differences not only in seismic activity, deep velocity structure, but also the block movement direction and rate on both sides of the Baogunao-Xiaohe Fault. The northward expansion of aftershock activity may be blocked by the high-velocity anomaly zone located on the north side of the Baogunao-Xiaohe Fault.

The crustal and upper mantle S-wave velocity structures in Changbaishan volcanic region were obtained from surface wave tomography and teleseismic receiver function modeling.In Changbaishan region,the S-wave velocity shows a thin lithosphere,thick asthenosphere with relatively low S-wave velocity in upper mantle,which indicates the high temperature volcano system at least extends to asthenosphere. There exist distinct low velocity layers in the crust of the volcano area.Beneath WQD station near to the caldera,the low velocity layer at 8km depth is 20km thick with the lowest S-wave velocity about 2.2km/s.Beneath the EDO station located 50km north of Tianchi caldera,no obvious low velocity layer was detected in the crust.The average crustal V_P/V_S near the caldera is higher than those obtained in surrounding area.In the volcanic region,the thickness of crustal low velocity layer is greater and the lowest velocity is more obvious with the distance shorter to the caldera.It indicates the existence of the high temperature material or magma reservoir in the crust near the Tianchi caldera. The receiver functions and inversion result from different back azimuths at CBS permanent seismic station shows that the thickness of near surface low velocity layer and Moho depth change with directions. The near surface low velocity layer is obviously thicker in south direction.The Moho depth shows slightly rising in the direction of the caldera located.We consider that the special near surface velocity structure is the main cause of relatively lower prominent frequency of volcanic earthquake waveform recorded by CBS station.The slightly rising of Moho depth beneath Tianchi caldera indicates there is a material exchanging channel between magma reservoir and upper mantle.

By analyzing seismic data recorded by temporary seismic network deployed at Changbaishan Tianchi volcanic region in the summers of 2002,2003 and 2005,we find one type of events whose spectra appear to be special.The station-averaged spectrum of each event consists of a series of evenly-spaced narrow peaks,the amplitudes of peaks change gradually with the frequency,the shape of spectrum is quite similar to harmonic signal in time domain.We called such event as harmonic-spectral event.During the three summers,38 harmonic-spectral events were detected,and most of them occurred in seismic swarms.Analyses show that the harmonic spectral characteristics of these events are most likely associated with seismic sources,which might be caused by interaction with crack walls and pressure disturbances within magmatic or hydrothermal fluids filled inside of cracks at special excitation conditions,during the rock rupture processes.We suggest that the apparent increasing of seismicity and emergence of harmonic events in Changbaishan Tianchi volcanic region are associated with deep magmatic intrusion activities.