Low-degree mantle melting controls the deep seismicity and explosive volcanism of the Gakkel Ridge

Ivan Koulakov; Vera Schlindwein; Mingqi Liu; Taras Gerya; Andrey Jakovlev; Aleksey Ivanov

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30797-4

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Low-degree mantle melting controls the deep seismicity and explosive volcanism of the Gakkel Ridge

Ivan Koulakov,
Vera Schlindwein,
Mingqi Liu,
Taras Gerya,
Andrey Jakovlev,
Aleksey Ivanov

Affiliations

Ivan Koulakov: Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS
Vera Schlindwein: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Mingqi Liu: Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich
Taras Gerya: Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich
Andrey Jakovlev: Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS
Aleksey Ivanov: Institute of the Earth’s Crust SB RAS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30797-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Joint implementation of seismic tomography and numerical thermo-mechanical modeling sheds light to the causes of explosive submarine volcanic eruptions on the Gakkel Ridge and deeply penetrating seismicity down to 25 km depth.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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