Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004agufm.t31a1256t&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2004, abstract #T31A-1256
Mathematics
Logic
8110 Continental Tectonics: General (0905), 8120 Dynamics Of Lithosphere And Mantle: General, 7218 Lithosphere And Upper Mantle
Scientific paper
Observed regional mega-rings define a zone ˜80-100 km in diameter centered on Timber Mountain (TM). The mega-rings encompass known smaller rhyolitic nested Miocene calderas ( ˜11-15 my, < 10 km circular to elliptical small "rings") and later stage basaltic features (< 11 my, small flows, cones, dikes) in the Southwest Nevada Volcanic Field. Miocene rhyolitic calderas cluster within the central area and on the outer margin of the interpreted larger mega-ring complex. The mega-ring interpretation is consistent with observations of regional physiography, tomographic images, seismicity patterns, and structural relationships. Mega-rings consist of arcuate faulted blocks with deformation (some remain active structures) patterns showing a genetic relationship to the TM volcanic system; they appear to be spatially associated and temporally correlated with Miocene volcanism and two geophysically identified crustal/upper mantle features. A 50+ km diameter pipe-like high velocity anomaly extends from crustal depth to over 200 km beneath TM (evidence for 400km depth to NE). The pipe is located between two ˜100 km sub-parallel N/S linear trends of small-magnitude earthquake activity, one extending through the central NV Test Site, and a second located near Beatty, NV. Neither the kinematics nor relational mechanism of 100km seismically active N/S linear zones, pipe, and mega-rings are understood. Interpreted mega-rings are: 1) Similar in size to larger terrestrial volcanic complexes (e.g., Yellowstone, Indonesia's Toba system); 2) Located in the region of structural transition from the Mohave block to the south, N/S Basin and Range features to the north, Walker Lane to the NW, and the Las Vegas Valley shear zone to the SE; 3) Associated with the two seismically active zones (similar to other caldera fault-bounded sags), the mantle high velocity feature, and possibly a regional bouguer gravity anomaly; 4) Nearly coincident with area hydrologic basins and sub-basins; 5) Similar to features described from terrestrial and planetary caldera-collapse studies, and as modeled in laboratory scaled investigations (ice melt, balloon/sand). Post Mid-Miocene basalts commonly occur within or adjacent to the older rhyolitic caldera moats; other basaltic material occurs marginal to both the outer rings of the interpreted mega-ring system and high velocity pipe. The YM repository may be situated in an isolated structural setting within the mega-ring system; basaltic materials are absent in the block for over 11my for geologic reasons. The mega-ring model may better explain YM area structures (Highway 95 fault), tectonism, and volcanism. Coincident physiographic, geologic, and geophysical features associated with the mega-rings feature, and temporal characteristics of regional seismicity and volcanism suggest the need to critically re-assess regional scale and YM tectonic, seismotectonic, and volcanic models.
Savino John M.
Smith Keith D.
Tynan M. C.
Vogt T. J.
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