Multiple Magma Sources Beneath the Okmok Caldera as Inferred From Local Earthquake Tomography

P-wave velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath Iceland from local earthquake tomography

The structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath Iceland, the keys to understanding the magma plumbing system of the hotspot and hotspot–ridge interaction, was poorly constrained in previous seismological investigations. Here we develop a three-dimensional P-wave velocity model of the Icelandic crust and uppermost mantle from tomographic inversion of over 3500 first-arrivals from local e...

Magma sources involved in the 2002 Nyiragongo eruption, as inferred from an InSAR analysis

Mushy magma beneath Yellowstone

[1] A recent prospective on the Yellowstone Caldera discounts its explosive potential based on inferences from tomographic studies which suggests a high degree of crystallization of the underlying magma body. In this study, we show that many of the first teleseismic P-wave arrivals observed at seismic stations on the edge of the caldera did not travel through the magma body but have taken longe...

Magma storage in a strike-slip caldera

Silicic calderas form during explosive volcanic eruptions when magma withdrawal triggers collapse along bounding faults. The nature of specific interactions between magmatism and tectonism in caldera-forming systems is, however, unclear. Regional stress patterns may control the location and geometry of magma reservoirs, which in turn may control the spatial and temporal development of faults. H...

Ground surface deformation patterns , magma supply , and magma storage at Okmok volcano , Alaska , from InSAR analysis : 2 . Coeruptive deflation , July – August 2008

[1] A hydrovolcanic eruption near Cone D on the floor of Okmok caldera, Alaska, began on 12 July 2008 and continued until late August 2008. The eruption was preceded by inflation of a magma reservoir located beneath the center of the caldera and ∼3 km below sea level (bsl), which began immediately after Okmok’s previous eruption in 1997. In this paper we use data from several radar satellites a...