Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009geoji.179..887i&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 179, Issue 2, pp. 887-904.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Magnetotelluric, Geomagnetic Induction, Remote Sensing Of Volcanoes
Scientific paper
Mt Ruapehu is an active andesite cone volcano, which marks the southern termination of the Kermadec volcanic arc. Results from 40 broad-band magnetotelluric soundings have been analysed using the phase tensor. This approach provides a way of determining dimensionality, allowing for distortion removal, and visualizing data in a 3-D situation. The phase tensor analysis suggests that the shallow resistivity structure is largely 1-D in character, but that the deeper structure requires a 3-D interpretation. 1-D inversions show that at sites on Ruapehu a shallow conductive layer lies between a high resistivity layer, of a few hundred metres thickness, and higher resistivity layer corresponding to basement greywacke. The low resistivity layer is contiguous with the waters of the highly acidic Crater Lake, and thus is believed to be the hydraulically controlled upper limit of a zone of acid alteration overlain by dry volcanic rock and ash. To the southwest of the volcano the conductive layer merges with a surface conductor associated with Tertiary sediments. Following initial 2-D inversions, the deep resistivity structure has been derived through 3-D inversion of data from 38 sites. This indicates the existence of a dyke-like low resistivity zone that persists to at least 10 km depth and extends from beneath the summit of Ruapehu to the northeast where it appears to connect to a poorly constrained region of high conductivity, which lies outside the network of measurement sites. The low resistivity dyke-like feature may be identified with a volcanic feeder system, which also supplies the other volcanoes of the Tongariro Volcanic Centre and marks the conduit by which hot gases and (occasionally) magma reach the surface.
Bennie Stewart L.
Bibby Hugh M.
Cairns P.
Caldwell Grant T.
Dravitzki S.
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