简介：本文简要介绍了利用Pn波走时研究地壳内部结构的基本原理。以及如何运用福建数字地震台网观测资料研究闽台地区莫霍面结构的基本思路和方法。为今后开展这项工作提供参考

简介：PnarrivaltimedataarecollectedfromthebulletinsofbothnationalandregionalseismologicalnetworkinChina.ThesedataaretomographicallyinvertedtomapthelateralvariationandanisotropyofPnvelocityinthenortheasternmarginalregionofQinghai-Xizangplateau.TheaveragePnvelocityinthisregionis8.09km/s,beingalittlehigherthantheaverageforwholeChina.HighervelocityisfoundintectonicallystableQaidambasin,whilelowervelocityisseeninandaroundtectonicallyactiveShanxigraben.Theregionwherethe1920HaiyuangreatearthquakeoccurredshowsaslightlylowPnvelocity.Anoticeableresultisthat,differingfromthetectonicallycompressiveTianshanregion,wherePnvelocityislow,theQilianshanregion,wheretheNeotectonicdeformationisalsoprimarilycompressive,showshighPnvelocity.IntheuppermostmantlebeneaththeOrdosplateauPnvelocityisinhomogeneous,varyingfromhighervelocityinsouthwesternparttoloweroneinnortheasternpart.ThismaybeattributedtopossiblemovementoftheOrdosblock,astherearestrongearthquakesallaroundtheblock.