Magma Fracking Beneath Active Volcanoes Based on Seismic Data and Hydrothermal Activity Observations
Active volcanoes are associated with microearthquake (MEQ) hypocenters that form plane-oriented cluster distributions. These are faults delineating a magma injection system of dykes and sills. The Frac-Digger program was used to track fracking faults in the Kamchatka active volcanic belt and fore-ar...
Published in: | Geosciences |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10020052 https://doaj.org/article/d829c0df2f334cf3a6bacbaafe6edabf |
Summary: | Active volcanoes are associated with microearthquake (MEQ) hypocenters that form plane-oriented cluster distributions. These are faults delineating a magma injection system of dykes and sills. The Frac-Digger program was used to track fracking faults in the Kamchatka active volcanic belt and fore-arc region of Russia. In the case of magma laterally injected from volcanoes into adjacent structures, high-temperature hydrothermal systems arise, for example at Mutnovsky and Koryaksky volcanoes. Thermal features adjacent to these active volcanoes respond to magma injection events by degassing CO 2 and by transient temperature changes. Geysers created by CO 2 -gaslift activity in silicic volcanism areas also flag magma and CO 2 recharge and redistributions, for example at the Uzon-Geyserny, Kamchatka, Russia and Yellowstone, USA magma hydrothermal systems. Seismogenic faults in the Kamchatka fore-arc region are indicators of geofluid fracking; those faults can be traced down to 250 km depth, which is within the subduction slab below primary magma sources. |
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