An approach using SAR ERS images to relate extension fractures to volcanic vents: Examples from Iceland and Madagascar

Tectonophysics

Volumn 271, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 263-283

  Chorowicz, J ^a   Bardintzeff, J M ^b   Rasamimanana, G ^b,c   Chotin, P ^a   Thouin, C ^d   Rudant, J P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Min de l'Energie et des Mines   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Extension fractures; Iceland; Madagascar; Radar methods; Tectonic controls; Vents

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; FAULT; FRACTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANO;

ICELAND; MADAGASCAR, MONTANGE D'AMBRE;

EID: 0030729572     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00250-8     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Bardintzeff, J.M., 1991. Volcanologie. Masson Publ., Paris, 256 pp.
2. Bardintzeff, J.M., Rasamimanana, G., Thouin, C., Chorowicz, J., Chotin, P., Gioan, P., Laville, E., Piqué, A., Rakotondraompiana, S., Razafindrazaka, Y., Rasendrasoa, J., Randriamananjara, T., Bignot, G. and Plaziat, J.C., 1994. Rifting episodes at Madagascar, from Paleozoic to present. Int. Volcanol. Congress, IAVCEI, Ankara, theme 3.
3. Bellier, O. and Sébrier, M., 1994. Relationship between tectonism and volcanism along the great Sumatran fault zone deduced by SPOT image analyses. Tectonophysics, 233: 215-231.
4. Bergerat, F., Angelier, J. and Villemin, T., 1990. Fault systems and stress patterns on emerged oceanic ridges: a case study in Iceland. Tectonophysics, 179: 183-197.
5. Besairie, H., 1970. Carte géologique de Madagascar, 1/500.000, 8 sheets. Service Géologique Madagasikara, Tananarive.
6. Björnsson, A., 1985. Dynamics of crustal rifting in NE Iceland. J. Geophys. Res., 90: 10,151-10,162.
7. Brousse, R. and Lefèvre, C., 1990. Le volcanisme en France. Masson Publ., Paris, 262 pp.
8. Chorowicz, J., Koffi, B., Chalah, C., Chotin, P., Collet, B., Poli, J.-T., Rudant, J.-P., Sykioti, O. and Vargas, G., 1995. Possibilités et limites de l'interprétation géologique des images (SAR) ERS-1. Bull. Soc. Fr. Photogramm. Télédétection, 138(2): 82-95.
9. Chotin, P., Giret, A., Rampnoux, J.P., Sumarso and Suminta, 1980. L'île de Java, un enregistreur des mouvements tectoniques à l'aplomb d'une zone de subduction. C.R. Soc. Géol. Fr., 5: 175-177.
10. Coffin, M.F. and Rabinowicz, P.D., 1987. Reconstruction of Madagascar and Africa: evidence from the Davie fracture zone and Western Somali basin. J. Geophys. Res., 92(B9): 9385-9406.
11. Dawson, J.B., 1967. A review of the geology of Kimberlite. In: P.J. Wyllie (Editor), Ultramafic and Related Rocks. Wiley, New York, NY, pp. 241-251.
12. Debelmas, J. and Mascle, G., 1993. Les grandes structures géologiques. Masson Publ., Paris, 2e éd., 299 pp.
13. De Goër de Hervé, A., Camus, G., Boivin, P., Gourgaud, A., Kieffer, G., Mergoil, J. and Vincent, P., 1991. Volcanologie de la chaîne des Puys, carte 1/25 000 et notice. Institut Géographique National et Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne.
14. Dengo, G., Bohnenberger, O. and Bonis, S., 1970. Tectonics and volcanism along the Pacific marginal zone of Central America. Geol. Rundsch., 59(3): 1215-1232.
15. Deruelle, B., Chotin, P. and Giret, A., 1978. Une vision synoptique des liaisons volcano-structurales dans la marge active andine: l'exemple de la région d'Atacama (Chili, 21-25°S). Rev. Géogr. Phys. Géol. Dyn., 2, XX, 3: 259-268.
16. Deruelle, B., N'ni, J. and Kambou, R., 1987. Mount Cameroon: an active volcano of the Cameroon line. J. Afr. Earth Sci., 6(2): 197-214.
17. Dostal, J., Dupuy, C., Nicollet, C. and Cantagrel, J.M., 1992. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Upper Cretaceous basaltic rocks from southern Malagasy. Chem. Geol., 97: 199-218.
18. Du, Y. and Aydin, A., 1991. Interaction of multiple cracks and formation of echelon crack arrays. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Method Geomech., 15: 205-218.
19. Forslund, T. and Gudmundsson, A., 1992. Structure of Tertiary and Pleistocene normal faults in Iceland. Tectonics, 11(1): 57-68.
20. Francis, P., 1993. Volcanoes, a Planetary Perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 443 pp.
21. Gautneb, H. and Gudmundsson, A., 1992. Effect of local and regional stress fields on sheet emplacement in West Iceland. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 51: 339-356.
22. Gudmundsson, A., 1995a. The geometry of dykes. In: G. Baer and A. Heimann (Editors), Physics and Chemistry of Dykes. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 23-34.
23. Gudmundsson, A., 1995b. Infrastructure and mechanics of volcanic systems in Iceland. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 64: 1-22.
24. Gudmundsson, A., Brynjolfsson, S. and Jonsson, M.T., 1993. Structural analysis of a transform fault-rift zone junction in North Iceland. Tectonophysics, 220: 205-221.
25. Hamilton, W.H., 1979. Tectonics in the Indonesian region. U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Pap., 1078, 345 pp.
26. Janssen, M.E., Tephenson, R.A. and Cloetingh, S., 1993. Changes in plate motions and their control on the subsidence of rifted basins in the African plate. In: U. Thorweihe and H. Schandelmeier (Editors), Geoscientific Research in Northeast Africa. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 185-188.
27. Karche, J.P., 1972. Le massif volcanique de l'Ambre et les régions voisines du Nord de Madagascar. Ann. Sci. Univ. Besançon, 3e Sér., Géol., 19.
28. Koyaguchi, T. and Takada, A., 1994. An experimental study on the formation of composite intrusions from zoned magma chambers. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 59: 261-267.
29. Lange, F.F., 1968. Interaction between overlapping parallel cracks; a photoelastic study. Int. J. Fract. Mech., 4: 287-294.
30. Macdonald, G.A., 1972. Volcanoes. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 510 pp.
31. Magge, K.P. and Head, J.W., 1995. The role of rifting in the generation of melt: implications for the origin and evolution of the Lada Terra-Lavina Planitia region of Venus. J. Geophys. Res., 100(E1): 1527-1552.
32. Mahoney, J., Nicollet, C. and Dupuy, C., 1991. Madagascar basalts: tracking oceanic and continental sources. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 104: 350-363.
33. McMaster, R.L., Schilling, J.-G.E. and Pinet, P.R., 1977. Plate boundary within the northern Iceland's insular margin. Nature, 269: 663-668.
34. Mertz, D.F., Devey, C.W., Todt, W., Stoffers, P. and Hofmann, A.W., 1991. Sr-Nd-Pb isotope evidence against plumeasthenosphere mixing north of Iceland. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 107: 243-255.
35. Nakamura, K., 1977. Volcanoes as possible indicators of tectonic stress orientation - principle and proposal. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 2: 1-16.
36. Nordlie, B.E., 1973. Morphology and structure of the Western Galapagos volcanoes and a model for their origin. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 84: 2931-2956.
37. N'ni, J., Bonin, B. and Brousse, R., 1986. Migration de l'activité magmatique de la ligne du Cameroun: réactivation de segments de failles anciennes du socle panafricain. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 302, II, 7: 453-456.
38. Opheim, J.A. and Gudmundsson, A., 1989. Formation and geometry of fractures, and related volcanism of the Krafla fissure swarm, northeast Iceland. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 101: 1608-1622.
39. Rasamimanana, G., Bardintzeff, J.M., Thouin, C., Bignot, G., Chorowicz, J., Chotin, P., Gioan, P., Laville, E., Piqué, A., Plaziat, J.C., Rakotondraompiana, S., Razafindrazaka, Y., Rasendrasoa, J. and Randriamananjara, T., 1994. Critères pétrologiques des riftings malgaches. 15ème Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Nancy, 26-28 avril 1994, p. 63.
40. Saemundsson, K., 1974. Evolution of the axial rift zone in Northern Iceland and the Tjörnes fracture zone. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 85: 495-504.
41. Saemundsson, K., 1979. Outline of the geology of Iceland. Jokull, 29: 7-27.
42. Smith, M., Dunkley, P.N., Deino, A., Williams, L.A.J. and McCall, G.J.H., 1995. Geochronology, stratigraphy and structural evolution of Silali volcano, Gregory rift, Kenya. J. Geol. Soc. London, 152: 297-310.
43. Stoiber, R.E. and Carr, M.J., 1973. Quaternary volcanic and tectonic segmentation of Central America. Bull. Volcanol., 37-3: 304-325.
44. Storey, M., Mahoney, J.J., Saunders, A.D., Duncan, R.A., Kelley, S.P. and Coffin, M.F., 1995. Timing of hot spot-related volcanism and the breakup of Madagascar and India. Science, 267: 852-855.
45. Takada, A., 1994. Development of a subvolcanic structure by the interaction of liquid-filled cracks. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 62: 207-224.