イエローストーン・カルデラの下の液体の移動は,衛星レーダー干渉計から推論された
1C. Wicks Jr. and W. Thatcher, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. D. Dzurisin, USGS, Cascades Volcano Observatory, 5400 MacArthur Boulevard, Vancouver, WA 98661, USA.
まとめ
イエローストーンのカルデラの変形は,衛星レーダーを使用して監視されました. 沈着と膨張は,地表の下の流体運動を示唆し,カルデラ内のダイナミックな地質学的プロセスを示している.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- リモートセンシング (リモートセンサー)
- 火山学 火山学とは
背景:
- イエローストーン・カルデラは,約3000平方キロメートルをカバーする大規模な火山カルデラです.
- 変形パターンの理解は,火山活動の評価に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- イエローストーン・カルデラ全体の土壌変形を年々モニターする.
- 変形現象の空間的および時間的移動を調査する.
主な方法:
- 総合的なカルデラモニタリングのために,衛星インターフェロメトリック合成開口レーダー (InSAR) を利用しました.
- 1992年8月から1997年6月までの連続インターフェログラムを分析した.
主要な成果:
- 1992年から1995年までの間に,一つの復活ドームから別のドームへの沈着の移動が観察されました.
- 北東ドーム (1995年-1996年) の近くでインフレが検出され,その後南西ドームの上昇 (1996年-1997年) が続いた.
結論:
- 変形パターンは,流体移動 (水熱または磁気) と一致しています.
- 流体移動は,カルデラの下約8kmの2つのスリーのような体の中で発生すると推論されています.
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