Tomogradia Sísmica da Crusta Algarvia: estudos preliminares

Abstract

Seismic Tomography produces detailed images of the crust, the lithosphere and the mantle in terms of seismic body waves velocity variations (Teleseismic Tomography) or absolutes velocities (Local Earthquake Tomography, LET). The LET of Monchique-Portimão and Loulé- Faro, main objective of this project, will permit a better and more detailed understanding of the structure of the continental crust and provide a key for constrain the updip limit of the seismogenic zone in view to determine the earthquake source areas and active fault zones of the M-P and L-F regions. The results will also contribute yet again to a better control of the seismic risk assessment of the region under study.