Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic
The upper oceanic crust is produced by magmatism at mid-ocean ridges, a process thought to be characterized by cyclic bouts of intense magmatic activity, separated by periods when faulting accommodates most or even all of the plate motion. It is not known whether there is a distinct periodicity to s...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:513251 2023-05-15T17:05:06+02:00 Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic Yeo, I.A. Devey, C.W, Le Bas, T.P. Augustin, N. Steinführer, A. 2016-04-01 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513251/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513251/1/1-s2.0-S0012821X16000510-main.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.029 en eng https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513251/1/1-s2.0-S0012821X16000510-main.pdf Yeo, I.A.; Devey, C.W,; Le Bas, T.P. orcid:0000-0002-2545-782X Augustin, N.; Steinführer, A. 2016 Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 439. 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.029 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.029> cc_by_nc_nd_4 CC-BY-NC-ND Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.029 2023-02-04T19:42:51Z The upper oceanic crust is produced by magmatism at mid-ocean ridges, a process thought to be characterized by cyclic bouts of intense magmatic activity, separated by periods when faulting accommodates most or even all of the plate motion. It is not known whether there is a distinct periodicity to such magmatic–tectonic cycles. Here we present high-resolution sidescan sonar data from the neovolcanic zone of the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, a shallow slow-spreading ridge where high glacial and steady post-glacial sedimentation rates allow relative flow ages to be determined with a resolution of around 2 kyr using backscatter amplitude as a proxy for sediment thickness and hence age. We identify 18 lava flow fields covering 40% of the area surveyed. A group of 7 flow fields showing the highest (and similar) backscatter intensity are scattered along 75 km of axial valley surveyed, suggesting that at least this length of the segment was magmatically active within a 1.2 kyr time window. Based on conservative age estimates for all datable flows and estimated eruption volumes, the post-glacial volcanic activity imaged is insufficient to maintain crustal thickness, implying that episode(s) of enhanced activity must have preceded the volcanism we image. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kolbeinsey Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Kolbeinsey ENVELOPE(-18.687,-18.687,67.149,67.149) Kolbeinsey Ridge ENVELOPE(-16.917,-16.917,68.833,68.833) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 439 81 87 |
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The upper oceanic crust is produced by magmatism at mid-ocean ridges, a process thought to be characterized by cyclic bouts of intense magmatic activity, separated by periods when faulting accommodates most or even all of the plate motion. It is not known whether there is a distinct periodicity to such magmatic–tectonic cycles. Here we present high-resolution sidescan sonar data from the neovolcanic zone of the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, a shallow slow-spreading ridge where high glacial and steady post-glacial sedimentation rates allow relative flow ages to be determined with a resolution of around 2 kyr using backscatter amplitude as a proxy for sediment thickness and hence age. We identify 18 lava flow fields covering 40% of the area surveyed. A group of 7 flow fields showing the highest (and similar) backscatter intensity are scattered along 75 km of axial valley surveyed, suggesting that at least this length of the segment was magmatically active within a 1.2 kyr time window. Based on conservative age estimates for all datable flows and estimated eruption volumes, the post-glacial volcanic activity imaged is insufficient to maintain crustal thickness, implying that episode(s) of enhanced activity must have preceded the volcanism we image. |
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Yeo, I.A. Devey, C.W, Le Bas, T.P. Augustin, N. Steinführer, A. Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic |
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Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic |
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Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic |
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Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513251/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513251/1/1-s2.0-S0012821X16000510-main.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.029 |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513251/1/1-s2.0-S0012821X16000510-main.pdf Yeo, I.A.; Devey, C.W,; Le Bas, T.P. orcid:0000-0002-2545-782X Augustin, N.; Steinführer, A. 2016 Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 439. 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.029 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.029> |
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