Campaña gravimétrica en el extremo meridional de la zona volcánica de Taupo. (Nueva Zelanda)

The gravity survey which we report here forms one part of a multidisciplinary study whose goals are understanding the kinematics, structure, and geodynamic controls, o f the abrupt termination of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) in central North Island, New Zealand. The TVZ is the volcanic arc and back...

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Autores: Tejero López, Rosa, Gómez Ortiz, David, Rey Moral, C., Villamor Manero, Patricia
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/57950
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/57950
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:551.21
Taupo Volcanic Zone
New Zealand
Gravity survey
Bouguer anomaly map
Active faults
Geodinámica
2507 Geofísica
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Resumo:The gravity survey which we report here forms one part of a multidisciplinary study whose goals are understanding the kinematics, structure, and geodynamic controls, o f the abrupt termination of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) in central North Island, New Zealand. The TVZ is the volcanic arc and backarc basin associated with the Hikurangi Subduction Margin (the southern extension o f the Tonga-Kermadec subduction system) along eastern North Island and northeast South Island, New Zealand. The TVZ is characterised by active normal faults, high heat flow (>700mW/m2), andesite, dacite and rhyolite volcanic centres, and many shallow earthquakes defining an 8 km thick seismogenic crust. Whereas the subduction zone continues into northern South Island, the TVZ terminates in a series o f east-east faults immediately to the south of Mount Ruapehu, the southernmost andesite volcano. Preliminary interpretation o f the gravity are consistent with the mapped pattern of active faults and structural geology.