International audienceWe present results from multibeam bathymetric data acquired during 2005 and 2006, in the region of maximum slip of the 26 Dec. 2004 earthquake (Mw 9.2). These data provide high-resolution images of seafloor morphology of the entire NW Sumatra forearc from the Sunda trench to the submarine volcanic arc just north of Sumatra. A slope gradient analysis of the combined dataset accurately highlights those portions of the seafloor shaped by active tectonic, depositional and/or erosional processes. The greatest slope gradients are located in the frontal 30 km of the forearc, at the toe of the accretionary wedge. This suggests that long-term deformation rates are highest here and that probably only minor amounts of slip are accommodated by other thrust faults further landward. Obvious N–S oriented lineaments observed on the incoming oceanic plate are aligned sub-parallel to the fracture zones associated with the Wharton fossil spreading center. Active strike-slip motion is suggested by recent deformation with up to 20–30 m of vertical offset. The intersection of these N–S elongated bathymetric scarps with the accretionary wedge partly controls the geometry of thrust anticlines and the location of erosional features (e.g. slide scars, canyons) at the wedge toe. Our interpretation suggests that these N–S lineaments have a significant impact on the oceanic plate, the toe of the wedge and further landward in the wedge. Finally, the bathymetric data indicate that folding at the front of the accretionary wedge occurs primarily along landward-vergent (seaward-dipping) thrusts, an unusual style in accretionary wedges worldwide. The N–S elongated lineaments locally act as boundaries between zones with predominant seaward versus landward vergence
Abstract. Wide-angle seismic lines recorded by ocean bottom and land seismometers provide a pseudo three-dimensional investigation of the crust and upper mantle structure around the volcanically active hotspot island of La R6union. The submarine part of the edifice has fairly low seismic velocities, without evidence for intrusives. An upper unit with a velocity-depth gradient is interpreted as made of material erupted subaerially then transported and compacted downslope. Between this unit and the top of the oceanic plate, imaged by normal incidence seismic reflection, a more homogeneous unit indicated by shadow zones on several wide-angle sections may correspond to lavas of a different nature, extruded underwater in the earlier phase of volcanism. Coincident wide angle and normal incidence reflections document that the oceanic plate is not generally downwarping toward the island but doming instead toward its southeastern part, with limited evidence for some intracrustal intrusion. Deeper in the lithosphere, the presence of a layer of intermediate velocity between the crust and mantle is firmly established. It is interpreted as resulting from the advection of hotspot magmatic products, possibly partially molten, and of a composition for which the crust is a density barrier. The extensive wide-angle coverage constrains the extent of this body. It does not show the elongated shape expected from plate drift above a steady hotspot supply. Alternative propositions can hence be considered, for example, that La R6union is caused by a solitary wave of hotspot material or by a young hotspot. The size of the underplate, 140 km wide and up to 3 km thick, corresponds to less than half the volume of the edifice on top of the plate.
ABSTRAKMetode gayaberat merupakan metode geofisika yang sudah sering digunakan dalam prospeksi sumberdaya mineral. Parameter objek pencarian berdasarkan variasi pengukuran percepatan gayaberat di permukaan yang diakibatkan oleh variasi perubahan geologi bawah permukaan. Lokasi penelitian di daerah Mamuju Provinsi Sulawesi Barat yang secara tektonik merupakan wilayah geologi kompleks berada pada pertemuan tiga lempeng besar yaitu Pasifik, Indo-Australia, dan Eurasia serta Lempeng Filipina yang berukuran lebih kecil. Selain itu Mamuju merupakan wilayah dengan laju dosis radioaktivitas tinggi sehingga berpotensi memiliki sumberdaya mineral radioaktif. Tujuan dari penelitian adalah mendapatkan anomali gayaberat dengan cara melakukan pemisahan dan interpretasi secara kualitatif anomali gayaberat regional dan residual. Nilai Anomali Bouguer Lengkap (ABL) daerah penelitian yang didapat dari hasil pengukuran adalah 46,0 -115,7 mgal. Berdasarkan peta ABL tersebut proses pemisahan anomali gayaberat regional dan residual dilakukan dengan menggunakan teknik Gaussian Filtering. Teknik filtering ini bekerja berdasarkan analisis spektrum perubahan amplitudo gayaberat secara spasial yang hasilnya berupa bilangan gelombang dengan cutoff sebesar 1,1736 x 10 -3 / m dan panjang gelombang sebesar 5373,45 m. Anomali gayaberat regional dan residual berturut-turut memiliki rentang nilai 51,8 sampai 102 mGal dan -10,4 sampai 14,8 mGal. Kedalaman wilayah spektrum masing-masing anomali tersebut dapat dihitung berdasarkan panjang gelombangnya yaitu anomali regional sebesar 970,97 m dan anomali residual sebesar 100,21 m. Terdapat lima zona berdasarkan peta anomali residualnya yaitu zona A, B, C, D, dan E. Anomali gayaberat positif paling besar terdapat pada zona A dan B yang diperkirakan dipengaruhi oleh keberadaan lava Adang dengan arah penyebaran relatif utara -selatan.
The Lembang fault considering vulnerable because of the site is near downtown Bandung. The west Lembang segment is the rural area of Cibodas. The two opinions is emerging, become normal fault or strike slip fault, based on recent earthquake (2010 onward). The geology data show the structure is observed by the outstanding topographic extended about 20 km, with volcanic rock very dominant. The seismology data is analysed for year 2011 in Mw less than 3, and classical fault plane solution is obtained. The gravity data is better acquired than 0.1 mGal, with elevation precision better than 60 cm. The upward Continuation, and second vertical derivative, is applied on data, as well as modelling 2.5D. The section is presenting in one section only, while data is getting in larger area. The seismology data show mostly for event is strike slip although in several parts having event normal. The gravity data is not ideal as graben like structure but rather locally low about 10 mGal amplitude. The combining the two methods suggested the slip zone or sag pond is more possible for the local anomaly. Besides, the Lembang fault is extended toward north rather to west or south.
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