Crustal structures of the Anatolian Plate from receiver function analysis

The crustal structure of the Anatolian plateau in Turkey is investigated using receiver functions obtained from the teleseismic recordings of the Kandilli Observatory array (KOERI; KO) and the available IRIS data (e.g., Eastern Turkey Seismic Experiment (ETSE), Northern Anatolian Fault experiment (YL), Continental Dynamics–Central Anatolian Tectonics (CD-CAT) project). The following steps are included for studying the crustal structures in Anatolia Plate: 1) high-resolution crustal structures inferred from Receiver Function (RF) inversion algorithm using multiple-taper correlation (MTC) estimates, we try to distinguish interfaces including Moho, bottom of partial melting and other interfaces by the Ps phase; 2) we calculate RFs by Time Domain Interactive Deconvolution and transform the time domain RFs into the H-Vp/Vs (H-k) domain to find the best fit Moho and Vp/Vs, we classify the quality of the H-k stacking results and record all the possible H-k couples; 3) we determine the H-k values for the stations with low quality by comparing the RF H-k stacking results with nearby stations with good quality. With the dense stations, we present high-quality Moho variations and crustal structures in the Anatolia Plate.