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The Study of Hydrothermal Vent and Ocean Crustal Structure of Northeastern Lau Basin Using Deep-tow and Surface-tow Magnetic Data

심해 및 표층 지자기 자료를 이용한 라우분지 북동부의 열수 분출구 및 해저 지각 구조 연구

  • Published : 2008.02.28
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Abstract

Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center(FRSC) and Mangatolu Triple function(MTJ) caldera are located in northeastern part of Lau basin which is the active back-arc basin. Deep-tow and surface-tow magnetic surveys are carried out in FRSC. In deep-tow magnetic survey, to compensate for influence of uneven distance between bathymetry and sensor height, magnetic anomaly is continued upward to a level plane by using the Guspi method. We calculate crustal magnetization using Parker and Huestis's inversion algorithm, and try to find the hydrothermal vent and understand the structure of ocean floor crust. The result of deep-tow magnetic survey at FRSC showed that Central Anomaly Magnetization High(CAMH) recorded the max value of 4.5 A/m which is associated with active ridge. The direction of SSW-NNE corresponds with the direction of the principal spreading ridge in Lau basin. The low crustal magnetizaton$(174^{\circ}35.1'W,\;16^{\circ}38.4'S)$ of -4.0 A/m is supposed to correlate with submarine hydrothermal vent. Surface-tow magnetic data were collected in MTJ caldera$(174^{\circ}00'W,\;15^{\circ}20'S)$. The prevailing SSW-NNE direction of collapsing walls and the presence of CAMH at the center of caldera strongly indicate the existence of active spreading ridge in ancient times.

Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center(FRSC)와 Mangatolu Triple Junction(MTJ) 칼데라는 활동성 후호분지인 라우(Lau)분지 북동쪽에 위치하고 있다. FRSC에서는 심해 견인 및 표층 자력탐사가 수행되었으며, 심해 견인 자력탐사에서 나타나는 해저 지형과 자력계 고도 사이의 거리 변화 영향을 보정하기 위해 Guspi의 상향연속법을 이용하여 동일한 고도에서 측정한 값으로 변환하였다. Parker and Huestis의 역산 알고리즘을 이용하여 해양지각의 자화를 계산하였고, 이로부터 심해저 열수 분출구 탐사와 해저지각 구조를 파악하고자 하였다. FRSC의 심해 견인 자력탐사 결과 해령에서 주로 나타나는 최대 4.5 A/m의 Central Anomaly Magnetization High(CAMH)가 관측되었으며, 남남서-북북동으로 추정되는 해령의 방향은 라우분지 내 주요 확장축의 방향과 일치하는 경향을 보인다. 또한 FRSC에서는 열수 분출구로 의심되는 - 4.0 A/m의 저자화이상이 발견되었다. MTJ 칼데라$(174^{\circ}00'W\;15^{\circ}20'S)$에서는 표층 자력탐사만이 수행되었고, 남남서-북북동 방향으로 함몰된 화륜과 중앙에서 나타나는 CAMH를 통해 칼데라 중심에 활동성 확장축이 존재하는 것으로 판단된다.

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