Journal
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 49, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2022GL098922
Keywords
rift plumbing system; attenuation imaging; magma-fault interactions; Oldoinyo Lengai; Natron Basin
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- DFG (German Research Council) [RE 4321/1-1]
- NSF EAR GeoPRISMS Program [1654518]
- Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
- Goethe University Frankfurt
- University of Heidelberg
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Understanding the magmatic plumbing system of rift volcanoes is important for examining the interaction between magma and tectonic forces. Using high-resolution tomographic imaging, this study reveals the presence of fluid-filled fracture networks and their association with carbonatite volcanism. The study also highlights the connection between volcanoes and rift segments through a central sill complex and a connected plumbing system.
Understanding the magmatic plumbing system of rift volcanoes is essential when examining the interplay between magmatic and tectonic forces. Recent seismicity, volcanic activity, magma emplacement, and volatile release make the Natron basin the ideal location to study these processes in the East African Rift System. Here, we present the first high-resolution tomographic imaging of Oldoinyo Lengai volcano and surrounding volcanic systems using attenuation mapping. High scattering and absorption features reveal fluid-filled fracture networks below regions of magmatic volatile release at the surface and a close spatial association between carbonatite volcanism and deeply penetrating, fluid-filled faults. High-absorption features appear sensitive to fluids and thermal gradients, revealing a central sill complex and connected plumbing system down to the mid-crust, which links volcanoes and rift segments across the developing magmatic rift.
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