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Upper mantle shear wave velocity structure beneath northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Volcanism and uplift in the northern Transantarctic Mountains

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Title
Upper mantle shear wave velocity structure beneath northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Volcanism and uplift in the northern Transantarctic Mountains
Other Titles
남극 북 빅토리아 지역의 맨틀 전단파 속도 구조: 북 남극 종단 산맥에서의 화산활동과 융기
Authors
Jordan H.Grawa
Park, Yongcheol
LaurenHackworth
Douglas A.Wiens
Samantha E.Hansen
Aubreya N.Adams
Subject
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Keywords
AntarcticaNorthern Victoria LandShear wave velocity
Issue Date
2016
Citation
Jordan H.Grawa, et al. 2016. "Upper mantle shear wave velocity structure beneath northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Volcanism and uplift in the northern Transantarctic Mountains". EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 449(1): 48-60.
Abstract
The Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs) are the largest non-compressional mountain range on Earth, and while a variety of uplift mechanisms have been proposed, the origin of the TAMs is still a matter of great debate. Most previous seismic investigations of the TAMs have focused on a central portion of the mountain range, near Ross Island, providing little along-strike constraint on the upper mantle structure, which is needed to better assess competing uplift models. Using data recorded by the recently deployed Transantarctic Mountains Northern Network, as well as data from the Transantarctic Mountains Seismic Experiment and from five stations operated by the Korea Polar Research Institute, we investigate the upper mantle structure beneath a previously unexplored portion of the mountain range. Rayleigh wave phase velocities are calculated using a two-plane wave approximation and are inverted for shear wave velocity structure. Our model shows a low velocity zone (LVZ;∼4.24kms?1) at ∼160 km depth offshore and adjacent to Mt. Melbourne. This LVZ extends inland and vertically upwards, with more lateral coverage above ∼100 km depth beneath the northern TAMs and Victoria Land. A prominent LVZ (∼4.16?4.24kms?1) also exists at ∼150 km depth beneath Ross Island, which agrees with previous results in the TAMs near the McMurdo Dry Valleys, and relatively slow velocities (∼4.24?4.32kms?1) along the Terror Rift connect the low velocity anomalies. We propose that the LVZs reflect rift-related decompression melting and provide thermally buoyant support for the TAMs uplift, consistent with proposed flexural models. We also suggest that heating, and hence uplift, along the mountain front is not uniform and that the shallower LVZ beneath northern Victoria Land provides greater thermal support, leading to higher bedrock topography in the northern TAMs. Young (0?15 Ma) volcanic rocks associated with the Hallett and the Erebus Volcanic Provinces are situated directly above the imaged LVZs, suggesting that these anomalies are also the source of Cenozoic volcanic rocks throughout the study area.
URI
https://repository.kopri.re.kr/handle/201206/6029
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.026
Type
Article
Indexed
SCI
Appears in Collections  
2014-2018, Investigating Cryospheric Evolution of the Victoria Land, Antarctica -ICE- (14-18) / Lee, Won Sang (PM14020; PM15020; PM16020; PM17020)
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