Ambient Noise Tomography in the Adana Basin of Southern Turkey

Abstract

We investigate the seismic velocity structure of the Adana Basin located in Southern Turkey by using the method of ambient noise tomography. The vertical-component continuous data were recorded by 21 broadband stations located in and around the basin. The Green’s functions are obtained from three-year stacks of cross correlations between each pair of stations. The Rayleigh group velocities are measured for the period range 8 to 22 s. Tomographic images (localized group velocities) show that the lateral variation of velocity structure can be observed and are correlated with the geology.