Density modeling of the Escollos Alijos Seamount from inversion of its geoid undulation anomaly |
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| Institution: | CICESE División de Ciencias de la Tierra Departamento de Geofísica Aplicada Carretera Tijuana Ensenada No. 3918 Fraccionamiento Zona Playitas Ensenada, 22860 Baja California, México |
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| Abstract: | Escollos Alijos is a large seamount located in the NE Pacific Ocean about 300 km off the Baja California Peninsula. Geochronology and geochemical analysis of volcanic rocks capping the seamount indicate recent magmatism that resulted from extensive differentiation of a mildly alkalic basalt parent magma.Escollos Alijos is located towards the eastern edge of a long-wavelength geoid undulation minimum, of up to -47 m with respect of the WGS84 ellipsoid, which extends over the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Subtracting from the geoid undulation its long-wavelength component and the undulation due to the seamount topography itself, a negative undulation anomaly persists that indicates a mass deficit at depth. Linear inversion of the undulation anomaly yields a region characterized by a negative density contrast, localized under the seamount at a depth between 9 and 13 km.The age and chemical composition of Escollos Alijos, and the inferred mass deficit suggest magma trapped between the oceanic crust and the uppermost mantle, which explains the magmatic activity in recent times. |
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| Keywords: | Monte Marino Alijos ondulación geoidal modelación inversa magmatic under-plating Escollos Alijos Seamount inverse modeling geoid undulation magmatic under-plating |
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