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    Seismic and gravitational studies of melting in the mantle's thermal boundary layers

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    Date
    2007-06
    Author
    Van Ark, Emily M.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/1730
    Location
    Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain
    Endeavour Segment
    Juan de Fuca
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/1730
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     Ocean bottom; Core-mantle boundary; Maurice Ewing (Ship) Cruise EW0207 
    Abstract
    This thesis presents three studies which apply geophysical tools to the task of better understanding mantle melting phenomena at the upper and lower boundaries of the mantle. The first study uses seafloor bathymetry and small variations in the gravitational acceleration over the Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain to constrain the changes in the igneous production of the hot spot melting in the mantle which has created these structures over the past 80 My. The second study uses multichannel seismic reflection data to constrain the location and depth of axial magma chambers at the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca spreading ridge, and then correlates these magma chamber locations with features of the hydrothermal heat extraction system in the upper crust such as microseismicity caused by thermal cracking and high temperature hydrothermal vent systems observed on the seafloor. The third study uses two-dimensional global pseudospectral seismic wave propagation modeling to characterize the sensitivity of the SPdKS seismic phase to two-dimensional, finite-width ultra-low velocity zones (ULVZs) at the core-mantle boundary. Together these three studies highlight the dynamic complexities of melting in the mantle while offering new tools to understand that complexity.
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    Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution June 2007
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    Thesis: Van Ark, Emily M., "Seismic and gravitational studies of melting in the mantle's thermal boundary layers", 2007-06, DOI:10.1575/1912/1730, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/1730
     

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