Subsurface structure under a basaltic monogenetic volcano near the active Atera fault |
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| Authors: | T Tanaka H Aoki A J Martin K Oshita K Nozaki M Onishi |
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| Abstract: | In this study, we examined the subsurface structure in the vicinity of the active Atera fault beneath at least one monogenetic volcano that forms the Sakashita body of the Ueno basalts, central Japan. Microgravity and seismic reflection surveys over an area of about 3×3 km (horizontal)×1 km (vertical from surface) revealed that (1) a low-density body interpreted as the damaged zone of the Atera fault reaches a depth more than 200 m below sea level; and (2) a weak zone of crust that may exist about 1.5 km southwest of the Atera fault in a direction parallel to it. By combining the shape of the Sakashita body and (2), we propose that a dyke extending in a NW–SE direction with several vent alignments in the same direction may exist along this weak zone. This suggests that the studied area was governed in the NW–SE compressional and NE–SW extensional stress field when the Sakashita body formed. |
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| Keywords: | Atera fault Ueno basalts Gravity survey Seismic reflection Monogenetic volcano Stress field |
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