Upper crustal structure of an active volcano from refraction/reflection tomography, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 685-696

  Paulatto, M ^a   Minshull, T A ^a   Baptie, B ^b   Dean, S ^a   Hammond, J O S ^c   Henstock, T ^a   Kenedi, C L ^d   Kiddle, E J ^c   Malin, P ^d   Peirce, C ^e   Ryan, G ^d,f   Shalev, E ^d   Sparks, R S J ^c   Voight, B ^g  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled source seismology; Crustal structure; Seismic tomography; Volcanic arc processes; Volcano monitoring; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; ISLAND ARC; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANO;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 74549202613     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04445.x     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Ahrens TJ. Mineral Physics and Crystallography: A Handbook of Physical Constants 1995, ed., American Geophysical Union
2. Annen C, Sparks RSJ. Effects of repetitive emplacement of basaltic intrusions on thermal evolution and melt generation in the deep crust. Earth. planet. Sci. Lett. 2002, 203:937-955.
3. Annen C, Blundy JD, Sparks RSJ. The genesis of intermediate and silicic magmas in deep crustal hot zones. J. Petrol. 2006, 47:505-539.
4. Aspinall WP, Miller AD, Lynch LL, Latchman JL, Stewart RC, White RA, Power JA. Soufriére Hills eruption, Montserrat, 1995-1997: volcanic earthquake locations and fault plane solutions. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1998, 25(18):3397-3400.
5. Barclay J, Rutherford MJ, Carroll MR, Murphy MD, Devine JD, Gardner J, Sparks RSJ. Experimental phase equilibria constraints on pre-eruptive storage conditions of the Soufriére Hills magma. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1998, 25(18):3437-3440.
6. Behn MD, Kelemen PB. Relationship between seismic P-wave velocity and the composition of anhydrous igneous and meta-igneous rocks. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2003, 4(5). 10.1029/2002GC000393, 1041+-, doi
7. Bouysse P, Westercamp D, Andreieff P. The Lesser Antilles Island Arc, Tech. Rep. 110. Sci. Results 1990, College Station, TX
8. Boynton CH, Westbrook GK, Bott MHP, Long RE. A seismic refraction investigation of crustal structure beneath the Lesser Antilles island arc. Geophys. J. Int. 1979, 58(2):371-393. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1979.tb01031.x, doi
9. Calvert AJ, Klemperer SL, Takahashi N, Kerr BC. Three-dimensional crustal structure of the Mariana island arc from seismic tomography. J. geophys. Res. 2008, 113. 10.1029/2007JB004939, doi
10. Christensen NI, Mooney WD. Seismic velocity structure and composition of the continental crust: a global view. J. geophys Res. 1995, 100(B6):9761-9788.
11. Christeson GL, Mann P, Escalona A, Aitken TJ. Crustal structure of the Caribbean-northeastern South America arc-continent collision zone. J. geophys. Res. 2008, 113(B12):8104. 10.1029/2007JB005373, doi
12. Devine JD, Murphy MD, Rutherford MJ, Barclay J, Sparks RSJ, Carroll MR, Young SR, Gardner JE. Petrologic evidence for pre-eruptive pressure-temperature conditions, and recent reheating, of andesitic magma erupting at the Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat, W.I. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1998, 25(19):3669-3672.
13. Devine JD, Rutherford MJ, Norton GE, Young SR. Magma storage region process inferred from geochemistry of Fe-Ti oxides in andesitic magma, Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat. J. Petrol. 2003, 44(8):1375-1400. W.I.
14. Elsworth D, Mattioli G, Taron J, Voight B, Herd R. Implications of Magma transfer between multiple reservoirs on eruption cycling. Science 2008, 322:246.
15. Hamilton EL. Geoacoustic modeling of the sea floor. J. acoust. Soc. Am. 1980, 68(5):1313-1340.
16. Harford CL, Sparks RSJ. Recent remobilization of shallow-level intrusions on Montserrat revealed by hydrogen isotope composition of amphiboles. Earth planet. Sci. Lett. 2001, 185:285-297.
17. Harford CL, Pringle MS, Sparks RSJ, Young SR, Druitt TH, Kokeelar BP. The Volcanic evolution of Montserrat using 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. The Eruption of Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999: The Geological Society of London 2002, Vol. 21:93-113. in, pp, eds, Memoirs
18. Harrison AJ, White R. Lithospheric structure of an active backarc basin: the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Geophys. J. Int. 2006, 167:968-990.
19. Hashin Z, Shtrikman S. A variational approach to the theory of the elastic behaviour of multiphase materials. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 1963, 11(2):127-140.
20. Hautmann S, Gottsmann J, Sparks RSJ, Costa A, Melnik O, Voight B. Modelling ground deformation response to oscillating overpressure in a dyke conduit at Soufriére Hills volcano, Montserrat. Tectonphysics 2009, 471:87-95.
21. Hill R. The Elastic Behaviour of a Crystalline Aggregate. Proc. Phys. Soc. Sect. A 1952, 65(5):349-354.
22. Hobro JWD, Singh SC, Minshull TA. Three-dimensional tomographic inversion of combined reflection and refraction seismic traveltime data. Geophys. J. Int. 2003, 152:79-93.
23. Kenedi CL. Volcano-tectonic history of the Island of Montserrat, West Indies, from seismic reflection profiles. 2008, V53C-06
24. Kiddle E, Edwards B, Loughlin S, Petterson M, Sparks S. Insights Into the magmatic system and crustal structure at Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat (Lesser Antilles) from plutonic nodules. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract 2008, V51C-06
25. Kodaira S, Sato T, Takahashi N, Ito A, Tamura Y, Tatsumi Y, Kaneda Y. Seismological evidence for variable growth of crust along the Izu intraoceanic arc. J. geophys. Res. 2007, 112. 10.1029/2006JB004593, doi
26. Kokelaar BP, Druitt T, Kokelaar B. Setting, chronology and consequences of the eruption of Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat (1995-1999). The Eruption of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999 2002, Vol. 21:1-43. in, pp, eds, Geological Society, London, Memoirs
27. Le Friant A, Harford C, Deplus C, Boudon G, Sparks RSJ, Herd RA, Komorowski JC. Geomorphological evolution of Montserrat (West Indies): importance of flank collapse and erosional processes. J. Geol. Soc. 2004, 161:147-160.
28. Le Friant A. Late Pleistocene tephrochronology of marine sediments adjacent to Montserrat, Lesser Antilles volcanic arc. J. Geol. Soc. 2008, 165(1):279-289.
29. Le Friant A, Deplus C, Boudon G, Sparks RSJ, Trofimovs J, Talling PJ. Submarine deposition of volcaniclastic material from the 1995-2005 eruptions of Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 2009, 166:1-12.
30. Macdonald R, Hawkesworth CJ, Heath E. The Lesser Antilles volcanic chain: a study in arc magmatism. Earth-Sci. Rev. 2000, 49(76):1-76.
31. Mattioli GS, Dixon TH, Farina F, Howell ES, Jansma PE, Smith AL. GPS measurement of surface deformation around Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat from October 1995 to July 1996. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1998, 25(18):3417-3420.
32. Melnik O, Sparks RSJ. Dynamics of magma ascent and lava extrusion at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Geol. Soc., Lond., Memoirs 2002, 21(1):153-171.
33. Murphy MD. The role of magma mixing in triggering the current eruption at the Soufriére Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1998, 25(18):3433-3436.
34. Murphy MD, Sparks RSJ, Barclay J, Carroll MR, Brewer TS. Remobilization of Andesite Magma by Intrusion of Mafic Magma at the Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. J. Petrol. 2000, 41(1):21-42.
35. Reid PR, Carey SN, Ross DR. Late Quaternary sedimentation in the Lesser Antilles island arc. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 1996, 108(1):78-100.
36. Roobol MJ, Smith AL. Pyroclastic stratigraphy of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat-implications for the present eruption. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1998, 25(18):3393-3396.
37. Scales JA, Gersztenkorn A. Robust methods in inverse theory. Inverse Problems 1988, 4:1071-1091.
38. Shepherd JB, Tomblin JF, Woo DA. Volcano-seismic crisis in Montserrat, West Indies, 1966-67. Bull. Volcanol. 1971, 35:143-163.
39. Shillington DJ, Van Avendonk HJA, Holbrook WS, Kelemen PB, J HM. Composition and structure of the central Aleutian island arc from arc-parallel wide-angle seismic data. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2004, 5(Q10006). 10.1029/2004GC000715, doi
40. Takahashi N, Kodaira S, Klemperer SL, Tatsumi Y, Kaneda Y, Suyehiro K. Crustal structure and evolution of the Mariana intra-oceanic island arc. Geology 2007, 35(3):203-206.
41. Trofimovs J. Submarine pyroclastic deposits formed at the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (1995-2003): what happens when pyroclastic flows enter the ocean? Geology 2006, 34(7):549-552.
42. Van Avendonk HJA, Shillington DJ, Holbrook WS, Hornbach MJ. Inferring crustal structure in the Aleutian island arc from a sparse wide-angle seismic data set. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2004, 5(Q08008). 10.1029/2003GC000664, doi
43. Villasenor A, Benz HM, Power JA. Three-dimensional P-wave velocity model for Soufriére Hills Volcano, Montserrat. The Soufriére Hills Eruption, Montserrat, Discussion Meeting of the Volcanic Studies Group of the Geological Society 1996, W.I., in, 27 November 1996, London
44. Virieux J, Farra V. Ray tracing in 3-D complex isotropic media: an analysis of the problem. Geophysics 1991, 56:2057-2069.
45. Voight B. Unprecedented pressure increase in deep magma reservoir triggered by lava dome collapse. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2006, 33. 10.1029/2005GL024870, doi
46. White RS, McKenzie D, O'Nions RK. Oceanic crustal thickness from seismic measurements and rare earth element inversions. J. geophys Res. 1992, 19:19 683-19 715.
47. Young SR, Hoblitt RP, Smith AL, Devine JD, Wadge G, Shepherd JB. Dating of explosive volcanic eruptions associated with dome growth at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. 1996, in, Kingston, Jamaica
48. Zellmer GF, Sparks RSJ, Hawkesworth CJ, Wiedenbrck M. Magma emplacement and remobilization timescales beneath Montserrat: insights from Sr and Ba zonation in Plagioclase. J. Petrol. 2003, 44(8):1413-1431.
49. Zelt AC. Modelling strategies and model assessment for wide angle seismic traveltime data. Geophys. J. Int. 1999, 139:183-204.
50. Zelt CA, Smith RB. Seismic traveltime inversion for 2-D crustal velocity structure. Geophys. J. Int. 1992, 108:16-34.