We present a crustal thickness and Vp/Vs map of Northeast and North China based on a compilation of receiver function H-k analysis published in the literature. Our compilation shows that the crust in the area has an average thickness of 35.9±5 km. The thinnest crust is found in the eastern and southern flank of the Songliao Basin (28∼35 km), North China plain and Songliao Basin (30∼35 km), while the thickest crust is found in the Yanshan-Taihang orogon and Ordos basin (40∼55 km). The average crustal Vp/Vs ratio is about 1.76±0.05 for the North China and Northeast China region, which maybe related with the lithospheric thinning in the eastern China. The highest Vp/Vs (> 1.83) are found in the Shanxi garben, Changbai Volocno and Zhangjiakou-Datong, indicating high ambient crustal temperatures or wide-spread intra-crustal melting. The existence of anticorrelation between Vp/Vs and the crustal thickness for Da Hinggan Ling area maybe related with tectonic thicken of felsic crust. No clear correlation is observed between the crustal thickness and Vp/Vs for Songliao basin and adjacent area, implying that complex tectonic evolution process took place in Songliao basin.
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