2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study of source mechanism of volcanic earthquake and volcanic tremor revealed by broadband seismic observations
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12640403
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
固体地球物理学
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
IDA Yoshiaki Earthquake Research Institute, Professor, 地震研究所, 教授 (30013535)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OIKAWA Jun Earthquake Research Institute, Research Associate, 地震研究所, 助手 (40262084)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Keywords | Volcanic earthquake / Volcanic tremor / Asama volcano / Magma reservoir / Free oscillations of a fluid sphere / Eruption / Pressure source under a summit crater |
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| Research Abstract |
ln Asama volcano, additional four seismic stations were recently installed near the summit crater in order to obtain the high quality records in closer distances to the hypocenter regions just below the crater. Using the new data, the hypocenters of the volcanic earthquakes were determined much more accurately, particularly in depth. High frequency earthquakes and low frequency events are concentrated into a shallow zone above the depths of 1 km underneath the crater. Some high frequency events are also observed below 3 km and there is a seismic gap between the two zones. The seismic gap agrees with the location of the pressure source which is estimated from the ground deformation. It is inferred that the gap zone corresponds to a magma reservoir and that shallower seismic events occur in and around the conduit to the summit crater. By GPS observation, the seismic swarm was associated with the crustal deformation and the pressure source of the deformation is the same region as the volcanic earthquakes just bellow the summit crater. The seismic swarm is considered to be caused by the pressure changes of the conduit.
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Research Products
(2 results)
