在胡安·德福卡中海山脊上的轴心火山下面的岩储存
1Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA. mwest@ldeo.columbia.edu
Nature
|October 26, 2001
概括
轴心火山拥有大型的岩系统,估计有521公里3,远远超过最近的喷发体积. 这表明火山是火山.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 火山学 火山学是一门学科.
- 地震学 地震学
背景情况:
- 轴火山是一个火山活动的海底山,靠近胡安·德·福卡山脊.
- 它与科布热点相关,并于1998年爆发.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究轴心火山下方的三维地震速度结构.
- 为了估计底层岩系统的体积和特征.
主要方法:
- 对地震学数据的分析.
- 地下速度结构的成像.
主要成果:
- 在地中确定了一个大型的低速度区域,包括一个浅的岩腔和一个更深的水库.
- 据估计,岩的总体积在5至21公里3.
- 这个数量比1998年爆发的融化量要大得多 (大小有两倍).
结论:
- 轴心火山的火山爆发只提取了总岩储存量的很小一部分.
- 岩系统可能相对于喷发周期而言寿命较长.
- 据估计,地的居住时间在几百年到几千年之间.
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