%0 Journal Article %A LIU Chun %A CHONG Jia-jun %A NI Si-dao %A LI Shao-rui %T STUDY ON THE CRUSTAL THICKNESS BENEATH STATIONS OF SEISMIC NETWORK IN SHAANXI PROVINCE BY TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTION %D 2009 %R 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4967.2009.02.012 %J SEISMOLOGY AND GEOLOGY %P 313-320 %V 31 %N 2 %X In this paper,we calculate receiver functions of body wave under the 14 stations in Shaanxi Province from 3-component digital waveform data of teleseismic earthquake events and obtain the thickness and Poisson ratio in crust of this area through H-kappa stacking.Through analysing the characteristics of crustal structure in Shaanxi Province,we discuss the relationship between seismic activity,crustal structure and geological structure in Shaanxi Province.The results show that(1)Crustal thickness in western Shaanxi is thicker than that in the east.Crustal thickness in the south and north of Shaanxi(≥40km)is larger than that in Weihe Basin,middle Shaanxi(about 34~40km).Among 14 stations,the crust beneath Huayin station is the thinnest(34km),which locates on the boundary between eastern Weihe Basin and Shanxi Province,and the biggest thickness(48km)appears beneath Longxian station at the northwestern end of Weihe Basin.(2)Poisson ratio in Shaanxi Province is about 0.24~0.29,which may be related to rock compositions.Poisson ratio in the north of Weihe Basin has higher values than those in the south.(3)There exist some relations between seismic activity and geological structure.The Weihe Basin with frequent earthquakes locates in a compound position of several tectonic systems.The Hanzhong Basin and Ankang Basin in the south of Shaanxi are controlled by several major faults,where the seismicity is relatively low.Seismic activity in northern Shaanxi is the lowest because of stable geological structure.Poisson ratio reflects material composition of earth interior.Our analysis suggests that seismic activity in the region with high Poisson ratio is higher than that with low Poisson ratio. %U https://www.dzdz.ac.cn/EN/10.3969/j.issn.0253-4967.2009.02.012