Magnetotelluric Investigations of the Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Hoversten, G. M.; Gasperikova, Erika; Mackie, Randall; Myer, David; Kauahikaua, Jim; Newman, Greg. A.; Cuevas, Nestor

doi:10.1029/2022jb024418

Magnetotelluric Investigations of the Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Journal Article · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jb024418· OSTI ID:1959983

^[1]; Gasperikova, Erika ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]; Kauahikaua, Jim ^[4]; Newman, Greg. A. ^[5]; Cuevas, Nestor ^[6]

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
CGG Multiphysics, Milan (Italy)
BlueGreen Geophysics LLC, San Diego, CA (United States)
U.S. Geologic Survey, Volcano, HI (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Schlumberger, Milan (Italy)

In 2002 and 2003 a collaborative effort was undertaken between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Menlo Park, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and Electromagnetic Instruments Inc. to study the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii using the magnetotelluric (MT) technique. The work was motivated by a desire to improve understanding of the magma reservoirs and conduits within Kilauea and the East and Southwest Rift zones, which has implications for understanding Kilauea's plumbing system. An improved understanding of the rift zones has implications in understanding large-scale landslides that are generated in the Hilina Slump, which produce significant impacts on coastal communities. Up to eight stations operated simultaneously, with multiple remote reference sites, and data were processed using multi-station robust processing techniques. Data was acquired at 70 sites over the Southwest and East rift zones. Good to excellent quality data were obtained even in the harshest conditions, such as those encountered on the fresh lava flows of the East Rift Zone, where electrical contact resistances are on the order of 100 kΩ. A three-dimensional (3D) MT model study was done to guide interpretation of the observed MT measurements. Synthetic modeling demonstrates that conductive bodies in the upper 3 km can be spatially resolved where MT station sampling is good. Resistivity anomalies in the 3D inversions have a high degree of spatial correlation with previously published seismic velocity anomalies beneath Kilauea. Melt fractions between 0.096 and 0.117 are calculated for the Kilauea and Pu'u'ō'ō low resistivity anomalies, respectively.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC03-76SF00098

OSTI ID:: 1959983

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 127; ISSN 2169-9313

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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