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Authors: | Tort, A.* Finizola, A.* |
Title: | The buried caldera of Misti volcano, Peru, revealed by combining a self-potential survey with elliptic Fourier function analysis of topography | Journal: | Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research | Series/Report no.: | 141(2005) | Publisher: | Elsevier | Issue Date: | 2005 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.11.005 | URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/ | Keywords: | caldera elliptic Fourier functions geomorphology self-potential Misti volcano Peru |
Subject Classification: | 03. Hydrosphere::03.02. Hydrology::03.02.02. Hydrological processes: interaction, transport, dynamics 03. Hydrosphere::03.02. Hydrology::03.02.03. Groundwater processes 03. Hydrosphere::03.02. Hydrology::03.02.04. Measurements and monitoring 03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.05. Gases 03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.06. Hydrothermal systems 04. Solid Earth::04.01. Earth Interior::04.01.02. Geological and geophysical evidences of deep processes 04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.04. Magnetic and electrical methods 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.03. Geomorphology 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.09. Structural geology 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.11. Instruments and techniques 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.05. Volcanic rocks 05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.04. Hydrogeological data 05. General::05.05. Mathematical geophysics::05.05.99. General or miscellaneous 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.99. General or miscellaneous 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.08. Volcanic risk |
Abstract: | This survey proposes a new approach to identify buried caldera boundaries of a volcanic cone, combining (1) a systematic elliptic Fourier functions (EFF) analysis on the contour lines based on the external shape of the edifice with (2) self-potential (SP) measurements on volcano flanks. The methodology of this approach is to investigate the relationships between (1) vertical morphological changes inferred from EFF analysis and (2) lateral lithological transition inside the edifice inferred from SP/elevation gradients. The application of these methods on Misti volcano in southern Peru displays a very good correlation. The three main boundaries evidenced by hierarchical cluster analysis on the contour lines coincide with the two main boundaries characterised by SP signal and with a secondary SP signature related with a summit caldera. In order to explain these results showing a very good correlation between morphologic and lithologic changes as function of elevation, caldera boundaries have been suggested. The latter would be located at an average elevation of (1) 4350–4400 m, (2) 4950–5000 m, and (3) 5500– 5550 m. For the lowest boundary in elevation, the coincidence with the lateral extension of the hydrothermal system inferred from SP measurements suggests that caldera walls act as a barrier for lateral extension of hydrothermal systems. In the summit area, the highest boundary has been related with the summit caldera, inferred by a secondary SP minimum and geological evidence. |
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