Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
The Myojin Sho is one of the active submarine volcanoes on the volcanic front of the Izu
-Ogasawara (Bonin) arc. In 1998, we carried out geological and geophysical survey to elucidate
the present volcanic activity of the Myojin Sho. The survey includes multi-beam swath bathym-
etry, single-channel seismic reflection, seismic refraction, microseismicity, magnetic and gravity
measurements. In this paper, we report mamly seismic results.
Crustal stmcture was estimated by seismic refraction survey by using an anrgun and ocean bottom
seismograph (OBS) system. We deployed nine OBSs on and around the volcanic edifice of the
Myojin Sho region. P wavespeed structure models beneath the volcanic edifice, basement region
with water depth of about 1, 500 m and transition zones between them were obtained.
Seismic activities were observed by the OBSs for 18 clays during September 2and 19, 1998.
Microearthquake activity was concentrated to the south of the Myojin Sho. The north south
vertical section indicates that the seismicity becomes shallower towards north, that is, towards the
Myojin Sho. However, there is no seismicity just beneath the Myojin Sho.
Description:
Published
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Journal Contribution
,
Refereed
Format:
pp. 37-56
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