A mantle plume below the Eifel volcanic fields, Germany

Ritter, Joachim; Jordan, Michael C.; Christensen, Ulrich R.; Achauer, U.

doi:10.1016/s0012-821x(01)00226-6

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“…This model was used to estimate the temperature beneath MC (Sobolev et al, 1997). Another example of "searching for a plume" by tomographic approaches is teleseismic inversion for the area of Eifel volcanic field by Ritter et al, (2001). These and other studies in areas of Cenozoic volcanism in Europe found low velocity anomalies beneath the volcanic fields; however they look rather as large continuous features than sharp plume-shaped channels.…”

Section: Mantle Structure Beneath Volcanic Fields In Europementioning

confidence: 99%

Multiscale Seismic Tomography Imaging of Volcanic Complexes

Koulakov¹

2012

Updates in Volcanology - A Comprehensive Approach to Volcanological Problems

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Section: Mantle Structure Beneath Volcanic Fields In Europementioning

confidence: 99%

Multiscale Seismic Tomography Imaging of Volcanic Complexes

Koulakov¹

2012

Updates in Volcanology - A Comprehensive Approach to Volcanological Problems

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“…These are interpreted as mantle plume heads from which secondary 'baby-plumes' intermittently welled up, 4,11 as currently evident beneath the Massif Central 12 and the Rhenish Massif. 13 There is increasing evidence that the WECEP lithosphere responded to the build-up of intraplate compressional stresses during the latest Cretaceous and Paleogene by reactivation of pre-existing crustal discontinuities controlling basin inversion and upthrusting of basement blocks. By contrast, during the Neogene, it partly responded by lithospheric folding, 14,15 as evidenced by the Plio-Pleistocene subsidence acceleration of the North Sea Basin and contemporaneous uplift of the Fennoscandian Shield.…”

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TOPO-EUROPE: Coupled Deep Earth – Surface Processes in Europe

Cloetingh

Ziegler

2009

European Review

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TOPO-EUROPE is a multidisciplinary international research program that addresses the interaction of processes inherent to the deep Earth (lithosphere, mantle) with surface processes (erosion, climate, sea level), which together shaped the topography of Europe. The objective of the TOPO-EUROPE project is to assess neotectonic deformation rates and to quantify related geo-risks, such as earthquakes, flooding, landslides, rock falls and volcanism. Research, incorporating iterative data interactive modelling, focuses on the lithosphere memory and neotectonics, with special attention on the thermo-mechanical structure of the lithosphere, mechanisms controlling large-scale plate boundary and intraplate deformations, anomalous subsidence and uplift, and links with surface processes and topography evolution. The TOPO-EUROPE natural laboratories, in which these processes are analysed, cover a wide range of geodynamic settings. These include the post-collisional Alpine/Carpathian/Pannonian-Basin system, the very active Aegean-Anatolian and Apennines-Tyrrhenian orogens and back-arc basins, the Caucasus-Levant area in the Arabia-Europe collision zone, the Iberian Peninsula caught up between Alpine orogens, the meta-stable West and Central European Platform, the stable EastEuropean Platform and the seismically active and elevated Scandinavian continental margin. The TOPO-EUROPE project is a component of the International Lithosphere Program and was initiated with the support of Academia Europaea. A European Science Foundation EUROCORES project provides funding for part of the TOPO-EUROPE research. Other parts of TOPO-EUROPE require support by participating organizations.

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“…GPS, InSAR and PSInSAR investigations covering the whole Roer Valley Graben should provide insights on the wavelength of this anthropogenic phenomenon. For completeness the possible influence of the Eifel volcanism, 30-40 km southeast from Membach and Monschau [Regenauer-Lieb, 1998;Ritter et al, 2001] has to be considered, although no measurable deformation or gravity changes are expected [Ritter et al, 2007]. Campaign GPS measurements undertaken in 2003 [Spata and Koesters, 2006] should provide further information in the future.…”

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“…Identifying them is further complicated by anthropogenic effects in the vicinity of the Roer Valley Graben and possibly, from the Eifel volcanism [Ritter et al, 2001]. Provided the instruments are carefully maintained, absolute gravimetry is an appropriate tool to monitor low gravity rates of change and slow vertical land movements.…”

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Repeated absolute gravity measurements for monitoring slow intraplate vertical deformation in western Europe

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In continental plate interiors, ground surface movements are at the limit of the noise level and close to or below the accuracy of current geodetic techniques. Absolute gravity measurements are valuable to quantify slow vertical movements, as this instrument is drift free and, unlike GPS, independent of the terrestrial reference frame. Repeated absolute gravity (AG) measurements have been performed in Oostende (Belgian coastline) and at eight stations along a southwest‐northeast profile across the Belgian Ardennes and the Roer Valley Graben (Germany), in order to estimate the tectonic deformation in the area. The AG measurements, repeated once or twice a year, can resolve elusive gravity changes with a precision better than 3.7 nm/s2/yr (95% confidence interval) after 11 years, even in difficult conditions. After 8–15 years (depending on the station), we find that the gravity rates of change lie in the [−3.1, 8.1] nm/s2/yr interval and result from a combination of anthropogenic, climatic, tectonic, and glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) effects. After correcting for the GIA, the inferred gravity rates and consequently, the vertical land movements, reduce to zero within the uncertainty level at all stations except Jülich (because of man‐induced subsidence) and Sohier (possibly, an artifact because of the shortness of the time series at that station).

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A mantle plume below the Eifel volcanic fields, Germany

Cited by 321 publications

References 31 publications

Multiscale Seismic Tomography Imaging of Volcanic Complexes

Multiscale Seismic Tomography Imaging of Volcanic Complexes

TOPO-EUROPE: Coupled Deep Earth – Surface Processes in Europe

Repeated absolute gravity measurements for monitoring slow intraplate vertical deformation in western Europe

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