在黄石火山口的升起,热动荡和岩入侵
Charles W Wicks1, Wayne Thatcher, Daniel Dzurisin
1US Geological Survey, MS 977, Menlo Park, California 94555, USA. cwicks@usgs.gov
Nature
|March 3, 2006
概括
使用卫星雷达观察到新的黄石火山口表面变形. 这种升起和沉降模式表明火山系统内的岩运动,为火山动荡提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
- 火山学 火山学是一门学科.
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
背景情况:
- 黄石火山火山口,在美国西部的一个巨大的火山系统,形成的~64万年前.
- 它是1600万年前的一系列火山中最年轻的.
- 黄石呈现着持续的地震活动,升起/沉降,以及热水特征.
研究的目的:
- 为展示黄石火山系统表面变形的新观测.
- 用先进的遥感技术分析变形模式.
- 了解导致表面变化的潜在火山过程.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自欧洲航天局的ERS-2卫星的雷达干扰度数据.
- 分析了表面升起和沉降的模式.
- 与火山系统动态相关的变形.
主要成果:
- 在黄石火山火山中发现了一种新的表面变形模式.
- 在火山口观察到明显的升起和沉降模式.
- 推断出这些模式与化玄武岩的运动有关.
结论:
- 观察到的变形表明黄石火山系统内的动态过程.
- 据推断,化的玄武岩运动进入和退出系统是原因.
- 这一发现增强了我们对黄石动荡和岩管道的理解.
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