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Low-degree mantle melting controls the deep seismicity and explosive volcanism of the Gakkel Ridge. / Koulakov, Ivan; Schlindwein, Vera; Liu, Mingqi et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1, 3122, 12.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Low-degree mantle melting controls the deep seismicity and explosive volcanism of the Gakkel Ridge
AU - Koulakov, Ivan
AU - Schlindwein, Vera
AU - Liu, Mingqi
AU - Gerya, Taras
AU - Jakovlev, Andrey
AU - Ivanov, Aleksey
N1 - Funding Information: The work of I.K. and A.J. is supported by the Russian Science Foundation Grant #20-17-00075. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The world’s strongest known spreading-related seismicity swarm occurred in 1999 in a segment of the Gakkel Ridge located at 85°E as a consequence of an effusive-explosive submarine volcanic eruption. The data of a seismic network deployed on ice floes were used to locate hundreds of local earthquakes down to ∼25 km depth and to build a seismic tomography model under the volcanic area. Here we show the seismicity and the distribution of seismic velocities together with the 3D magmatic-thermomechanical numerical model, which demonstrate how a magma reservoir under the Gakkel Ridge may form, rise and trigger volcanic eruptions in the rift valley. The ultraslow spreading rates with low mantle potential temperatures appear to be a critical factor in the production of volatile-rich, low-degree mantle melts that are focused toward the magma reservoirs within narrow magmatic sections. The degassing of these melts is the main cause of the explosive submarine eruptions.
AB - The world’s strongest known spreading-related seismicity swarm occurred in 1999 in a segment of the Gakkel Ridge located at 85°E as a consequence of an effusive-explosive submarine volcanic eruption. The data of a seismic network deployed on ice floes were used to locate hundreds of local earthquakes down to ∼25 km depth and to build a seismic tomography model under the volcanic area. Here we show the seismicity and the distribution of seismic velocities together with the 3D magmatic-thermomechanical numerical model, which demonstrate how a magma reservoir under the Gakkel Ridge may form, rise and trigger volcanic eruptions in the rift valley. The ultraslow spreading rates with low mantle potential temperatures appear to be a critical factor in the production of volatile-rich, low-degree mantle melts that are focused toward the magma reservoirs within narrow magmatic sections. The degassing of these melts is the main cause of the explosive submarine eruptions.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41467-022-30797-4
DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-30797-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 35661698
AN - SCOPUS:85131216854
VL - 13
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 3122
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