Mapping active magma chambers by <i>b</i> values beneath the off‐Ito volcano, Japan

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1997-09-10
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  • 10.1029/97jb01074
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:p>The <jats:italic>b</jats:italic> value of the frequency‐magnitude relation, and thus the mean magnitude, in the off‐Ito volcanic area is not uniform based on detailed <jats:italic>b</jats:italic> value tomography using about 10,000 events in an area of 10 km radius and in the upper 15 km of the crust. A high b value anomaly (b=15) below 7 km depth and with a radius of about 2 km, located below the coast southeast of Ito, contrasts with lower values of typically <jats:italic>b</jats:italic>=0.7 north of it and at shallower depths. On the basis of surface deformations, a tensile crack dislocation source was located above 7 km depth. Thus we surmise that the magma chamber in the off‐Ito area was located below 7 km depth. The correlation of a high <jats:italic>b</jats:italic> value anomaly with this model supports our hypothesis that active magma chambers may be mapped by high <jats:italic>b</jats:italic> value anomalies. The magma body may be described as consisting of two parts: a lower, well‐established chamber below 11 km depth and a shallower part (11–7 km depth). The <jats:italic>b</jats:italic> value in the volume surrounding the magma chamber increased from 0.7 during the 1980s to 1.5 during the earthquake swarms of the 1990s. This may reflect a trend of increasing crack density due to the intrusion activity.</jats:p>

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