Diapiric ascent of silicic magma beneath the Bolivian Altiplano
Diapiric ascent of silicic magma beneath the Bolivian Altiplano
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DOI:
10.1002/grl.50493
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发表时间:
2013-05-28
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Gottsmann, Joachim
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作者:
del Potro, Rodrigo;Diez, Mikel;Gottsmann, Joachim
The vertical transport of large volumes of silicic magma, which drives volcanic eruptions and the long-term compositional evolution of the continental crust, is a highly debated problem. In recent years, dyking has been favored as the main ascent mechanism, but the structural connection between a distributed configuration of melt-filled pores in the source region and shallow magma reservoirs remains unsolved. In the Central Andes, inversion of a new high-resolution Bouguer anomaly data over the Altiplano-Puna Magma Body (APMB) reveals similar to 15 km wide, vertically elongated, low-density, 3D structures rooted at the top of the APMB at 20 km depth. We integrate our gravity inversion with the available geophysical, geological, and petrological observations, and in agreement with petrological/mechanical considerations propose that, in this region of the Andes, partially molten granitic bodies ascend diapirically through the hot ductile mid-upper crust.