Trans-crustal structural control of CO2-rich extensional magmatic systems revealed at Mount Erebus Antarctica.
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Title
Trans-crustal structural control of CO2-rich extensional magmatic systems revealed at Mount Erebus Antarctica.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN
2041-1723 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
2041-1723
Publication state
Published
Issued date
30/05/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
13
Number
1
Pages
2989
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Erebus volcano, Antarctica, with its persistent phonolite lava lake, is a classic example of an evolved, CO <sub>2</sub> -rich rift volcano. Seismic studies provide limited images of the magmatic system. Here we show using magnetotelluric data that a steep, melt-related conduit of low electrical resistivity originating in the upper mantle undergoes pronounced lateral re-orientation in the deep crust before reaching shallower magmatic storage and the summit lava lake. The lateral turn represents a structural fault-valve controlling episodic flow of magma and CO <sub>2</sub> vapour, which replenish and heat the high level phonolite differentiation zone. This magmatic valve lies within an inferred, east-west structural trend forming part of an accommodation zone across the southern termination of the Terror Rift, providing a dilatant magma pathway. Unlike H <sub>2</sub> O-rich subduction arc volcanoes, CO <sub>2</sub> -dominated Erebus geophysically shows continuous magmatic structure to shallow crustal depths of < 1 km, as the melt does not experience decompression-related volatile supersaturation and viscous stalling.
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Web of science
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Yes
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