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Oceanography, 2012
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Oceanography, 2012
| | » | 39. Melt bodies off the EPR
Nature Geoscience, 2012
| | » | 38. JdF Plate: Gravity structure
G-cubed, 2011
| | » | 37. JdF Plate: Layer 2B structure
G-cubed, 2011
| | » | 36. Kane waveform tomography
GRL, 2010
| | » | 35. Kane Oceanic Core Complex
G-cubed, 2009
| | » | 34. Geophysical signatures of oceanic core complexes
GJI, 2009
| | » | 33. Accretion of the lower crust
Nature, 2009
| | » | 32. Faulting of the Juan de Fuca plate
EPSL, 2009
| | » | 31. Axial topography os the Galapagos Spreading Center
G-cubed, 2008
| | » | 30. Juan de Fuca Ridge flanks
G-cubed, 2008
| | » | 29. Seismic structure of oceanic core complexes
G-cubed, 2008
| | » | 28. Juan de Fuca Ridge: structure and hotspots
G-cubed, 2008
| | » | 27. Structure of the TAG segment, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
G-cubed, 2007
| | » | 26. Detachment faulting at TAG, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Geology, 2007
| | » | 25. Structure of the Endeavour segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge
JGR, 2007
| | » | 24. Magma beneath Lucky Strike Hydrothermal Field
Nature, 2006
| | » | 23. Magma chamber of the Cleft segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge
EPSL, 2006
| | » | 22. Topography and magmatism at the Juan de Fuca Ridge
Geology, 2006
| | » | 21. Structure of the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge
JGR, 2005
| | » | 20. Sub-crustal magma lenses
Nature, 2005
| | » | 19. Constructing the crust at the Galapagos Spreading Center
JGR, 2004
| | » | 18. Atlantis core complex
EPSL, 2004
| | » | 17. Morphology of the Galapagos Spreading Center
G-cubed, 2003
| | » | 16. Crustal structure of the East Pacific Rise
GJI, 2003
| | » | 15. Plume-ridge interaction along the Galapagos Spreading Center
G-cubed, 2002
| | » | 14. Compensation of the Galapagos swellEPSL, 2002
| | » | 13. Structure of Tenerife, Canary Islands
JVGR, 2000
| | » | 12. Underplating in the Canary Islands
JVGR, 2000
| | » | 11. Structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MARK, 23?20'N)
JGR, 2000
| | » | 10. Structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (35?N)
JGR, 2000
| | » | 9. Structure of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
J. Geodyn., 1999
| | » | 8. Structure of overlapping spreading centers in the MELT area
GRL, 1998
| | » | 7. Crustal thickness in the MELT area
Science, 1998
| | » | 6. The MELT experiment
Science, 1998
| | » | 5. The Canary Islands swell
GJI, 1998
| | » | 4. Morphology of the Galapagos Spreading Center
JGR, 1997
| | » | 3. Faulting of slow-spreading oceanic crust
Geology, 1997
| | » | 2. Flexure beneath Tenerife, Canary Islands
EPSL, 1997
| | » | 1. Elastic thickness in the Canary Islands
GRL, 1994
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Van Ark, E., R.S. Detrick, J.P. Canales, S.M. Carbotte, A.J. Harding, G.M. Kent, M.R. Nedimovic, W.S.D. Wilcock, J.B. Diebold, and J. Babcock , Seismic structure of the Endeavour segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Correlations with seismicity and hydrothermal activity, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B02401, doi:02410.01029/02005JB004210, 2007
Abstract
Multichannel seismic reflection data collected in July 2002 at the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, show a midcrustal reflector underlying all of the known high-temperature hydrothermal vent fields in this area. On the basis of the character and geometry of this reflection, its similarity to events at other spreading centers, and its polarity, we identify this as a reflection from one or more crustal magma bodies rather than from a hydrothermal cracking front interface. The Endeavour magma chamber reflector is found under the central, topographically shallow section of the segment at two-way traveltime (TWTT) values of 0.9–1.4 s (~2.1–3.3 km) below the seafloor. It extends approximately 24 km along axis and is shallowest beneath the center of the segment and deepens toward the segment ends. On cross-axis lines the axial magma chamber (AMC) reflector is only 0.4–1.2 km wide and appears to dip 8–36° to the east. While a magma chamber underlies all known Endeavour high-temperature hydrothermal vent fields, AMC depth is not a dominant factor in determining vent fluid properties. The stacked and migrated seismic lines also show a strong layer 2a event at TWTT values of 0.30 ± 0.09 s (380 ± 120 m) below the seafloor on the along-axis line and 0.38 ± 0.09 s (500 ± 110 m) on the cross-axis lines. A weak Moho reflection is observed in a few locations at TWTT values of 1.9–2.4 s below the seafloor. By projecting hypocenters of well-located microseismicity in this region onto the seismic sections, we find that most axial earthquakes are concentrated just above the magma chamber and distributed diffusely within this zone, indicating thermal-related cracking. The presence of a partially molten crustal magma chamber argues against prior hypotheses that hydrothermal heat extraction at this intermediate spreading ridge is primarily driven by propagation of a cracking front down into a frozen magma chamber and indicates that magmatic heat plays a significant role in the hydrothermal system. Morphological and hydrothermal differences between the intermediate spreading Endeavour and fast spreading ridges are attributable to the greater depth of the Endeavour AMC and the corresponding possibility of axial faulting.
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