/- (,**2) 0,+/,,+ Source Mechanism and Seismic Velocity Structure of Source Region of Deep Low-frequency Earthquakes beneath Volcanoes: Case Studies of Mt Iwate and Mt Fuji Haruhisa N AKAMICHI + +3 (Fig + ), 0* (Fig + ) (McNutt, +33 ) Fig + * / km, McNutt, +33 0 20*+ Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 0 20*+, Japan e-mail: nakamiti@nagoya-ujp +3
216 Fig + Schematic volcano-magma system Solid stars show locations of deep low-frequency earthquakes Crosses show locations of volcanic tremors and volcano-tectonic earthquakes Dashed line shows deformation of volcano edifice - +32* +33* -+,/ Hasegawa and Yamamoto, +33 ; Pitt and Hill, +33 ; White, +330 * km (Hasegawa and Yamamoto, +33 ) Fig, +331 +,,*** 0 +* km /* km Fig, (Nakamichi et al, (,*,**-) Fig, I * km) Hasegawa and Yamamoto, +33 / +, km Fig, I, +* km -+ - km (A) +* km -, -0 km (B) 1 P S Hz km -1 km (C) - S - km (Nakajima et al,,**,) A B C +323 +33/ 3 +/ +330 +332, 2 GPS (Miura et al,,*** ; Tanaka et al,,**,) +332
217 (Nakamichi et al,,**-) +332 +,** +* +332 / (Nakamichi et al,,**-) -, Ukawa (,**/) (,**1) Nakamichi et al (,**),*** 3 +,,**+ / +* Ukawa,**/ ;,**1 Nakamichi et al (,**) Fig, Epicenters and cross-sections of hypocenters of P S intermediate-depth and deep low-frequency earthquake (solid circles) and high-frequency earthquakes +332,**- SN (light grey circles) of Mt Iwate in the period from December +331 to June,*** A, B and C show 2* groups of deep low-frequency earthquakes I shows a group of intermediate-depth low-frequency earth- +0 quakes The focal mechanisms of the largest deep lowequal-area Fig frequency earthquake (M +3 ) and the largest inter- - -km mediate-depth low-frequency earthquake (M +0 ) are also shown Lower focal hemispheres are shown in ++ +0 km projection, with compressional fields shaded Open and solid circles on the source mechanism +31+ indicate inward motion and outward motion, respecthe tively The solid star marks the initial rupture point (Nakaof the M 0, earthquake The dashed rectangle shows focal area of the M 0, earthquake The loca- mura, +311) tions of very-long-period events (Nishimura et al,,***), dikes and Mogi sources estimated from GPS data (Miura et al,,***) are also shown The Conrad and Moho depths are shown with solid lines (Nakajima et al,,**,) Elevation contours (dotted lines) are at -** m intervals The cross-section is free of any vertical exaggeration
218 Fig - Hypocentral distributions (black dots) of deep low-frequency earthquakes of Mt Fuji (a) Map view The source mechanism of the largest deep low-frequency earthquake (M,- ) is also shown Lower focal hemisphere is shown in equal-area projection, with compressional fields shaded Open circles on the source mechanism indicate inward motion (b) Cross-seciton A-A in (a) (c) Cross-section B-B in (a) Crosssections A-A and B-B include hypocenters projected from +* km either side of the cross-section line Nakamichi et al (,**-) 1 Ukawa and Ohtake ( +321 ) S P (M +3 ) (M S +0 ) Fig, (M +3 ) 0/ ( +330 ) Compensate Linear Vector Dipole (CLVD, Knopo# and (,***) Randall, +31* ) (M +0 ) // CLVD CLVD,*, + Nakamichi et al (,**) (Naka- Nakamichi et al (,**-) P michi et al,,**-) +332,**- S (M,- ) Fig -
219 P P (Fig -) (DC) CLVD 1,,+ CLVD / Fig S wave velocity perturbations obtained by the receiver function analysis, which are projected onto the south-north cross-section at a longitude of ++ E, crossing Mt Iwate Velocity perturbations are relative the standard velocity model of Tohoku district Projection is along ray paths of P-to-SV converted waves Stars show locations of inter- mediate-depth and deep low-frequency earthquakes Hasegawa et al, +33+ Red triangles denote the location of Mt Iwate 3,**/, + + Nakamichi et al (,**1) (,**1) Fig / P S /+ PS V V Nakamichi et al (,**,) S S Fig / +, km V V -* -1 km 0,***,*** 0 +333,*** +2 km, km /,,***,***,**+ +33+,**, P P S S
220 Fig / Vertical cross-sections of (a) P wave velocity ( VP) values and (c) ratio of P and S wave velocity ( V P/VS) values crossing Mt Fuji Contour interval for VP is */ km/s Tectonic earthquakes within,* km of the section are plotted as black dots Red dots show the locations of deep low-frequency earthquakes (White, +330 ) +33+ (Aki and Koyanagi, 0 +32+ ),*** +*,**+ / +/ +, **,+ (Ukawa,,**/) -1 -* * km 0 +/ (White, +330) +332 (Nakamichi et al,,**-) +3 +30*
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