Title
Ambient noise tomography of Misti volcano, Peru
Date Issued
01 June 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Cabrera-Pérez I.
Soubestre J.
D'Auria L.
Machacca R.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
To better understand the recent internal structure of Misti volcano, we determined a 3D S-wave velocity model applying Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT). We used data from 23 broadband and short-period seismic stations temporarily installed at Misti volcano between March and December 2011. This dataset allowed us to obtain empirical Green's functions by cross-correlating seismic ambient noise signals. Then, we retrieved 104 dispersion curves using the frequency-time analysis (FTAN) and, through a non-linear multiscale inversion, we obtained nine 2-D Rayleigh waves group velocity maps for periods in the range 0.7 s - 2 s. Finally, we carried out the depth inversion through a Bayesian transdimensional inversion to obtain a 3-D S-wave velocity model down to 3 km depth. Our study highlights five relevant seismic velocity anomalies. We observed the presence of three high-velocity zones located in the west-northwest, southwest and southeast parts of the crater, that could be related to intrusive bodies possibly associated with the formation of Misti volcano. We also observed two low-velocity anomalies in the volcano's western and central parts, which coincide with previous studies' findings and are related to fractured and weakened materials associated with the external caldera collapse and recent eruption episodes.
Volume
426
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Acústica
Vulcanología
Ingeniería ambiental y geológica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85127702698
Source
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
ISSN of the container
03770273
Sponsor(s)
This work is part of the Tomography Misti volcano project funded by the Instituto Geofísico del Perú (IGP) and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). It was realized thanks to a special collaboration with the Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN) through the project TFassistance financed by the Program Tenerife Innova 2016–2021 of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife. The authors are grateful to the Observatorio Vulcanológico del Sur (OVS) direction and to the staff who supported the installation of the seismic equipment at the time of the experiment. We acknowledge Anna Tramelli and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive commentaries and valuable suggestions which improved the quality of the manuscript.
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