Deep Geophysical Anomalies Beneath the Changbaishan Volcano

Shaohua Li, Jiaqi Li, Thomas P. Ferrand, Tong Zhou, Mingda Lv, Ziyi Xi, Ross Maguire, Guangjie Han, Juan Li, Xiyuan Bao, Yiran Jiang, Tiezhao Bao

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Abstract

Subsurface imaging is key to understanding the origin of intraplate volcanoes. The Changbaishan volcano, located about 2,000 km away from the western Pacific subduction zone, has several debated origins. To investigate this, we compared regional seismic tomography with the electrical resistivity results and obtained high-resolution 1D and quasi-2D velocity-depth profiles. We show that the upper mantle is characterized by two anomalies exhibiting distinct features which cannot be explained by the same mechanism. We document a localized low-velocity anomaly atop the 410-km discontinuity, where the P-wave velocity is reduced more than that of the S-wave (i.e., lower Vp/Vs). We propose that this anomaly is caused by the reduction of the effective moduli during the phase transformation of olivine. The other anomaly, located between 300 and 370 km depth, reveals a significant reduction of the S-wave velocity (i.e., higher Vp/Vs), associated with a reduction of the electrical resistivity, altogether consistent with partial melting.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere2022JB025671
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Volume128
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

Keywords

  • effective moduli
  • intraplate volcanism
  • low-velocity anomaly
  • mantle transition zone
  • partial melting
  • phase transition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geophysics
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

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