Three‐Dimensional Electrical Structure and Magma System of the Monogenetic Longgang Volcanic Field, Northeast China, Inferred From Broadband Magnetotelluric Data

Abstract

The Longgang volcanic field (LVF) is one of the largest intraplate monogenetic volcanic regions in China, and eruption lasted from the early Pleistocene to the Holocene. Previous research shows that the LVF is not only experiencing rapid surface uplift but also significant seismic activity. The magmatic system under the LVF poses a hazard of potential eruption. The three‐dimensional electrical resistivity model developed by magnetotelluric data shows that the upper crust of the LVF and the surrounding areas hosts a high‐resistivity body composed of volcanic rocks produced by massive eruptions during past volcanic episodes. There are two main high‐conductivity structures below the depth of 10 km in the southwest and northeast of the LVF. The two structures merge in the lower crust and extend to the mantle. We interpret these high‐conductivity structures to be magmatic channels (the resistivity of C1 is 20–50 and C2 is 5–20 Ωm). Magmatic channel upwelling along the C1 may have caused the eruption of the Jinlongdingzi volcano 1,700 years ago. The C2 magmatic channel in the northeast of the LVF is larger and lower resistivity than C1. The modern surface uplift and seismicity in the LVF is a result of upwelling and intrusion along C2 magmatic channel. The Hunjiang fault passing through the LVF may also influence the upwelling of material along the C2 magmatic channel, posing a hazard of future eruption in the LVF. The high‐conductivity structures in the LVF pass through the Moho and extend to the upper mantle and are connected from the top to bottom. Combined with geochemical data, we speculate that the magmatic system in the LVF may directly come from the upper mantle and the magma has experienced rapid ascent with limited crustal internal evolution.