Imaging of Lithospheric Structure Beneath Jeju Volcanic Island by Teleseismic Traveltime Tomography

Jung Hun Song; Seongryong Kim; Junkee Rhie; Sang Hyun Lee; Young Hee Kim; Tae Seob Kang

doi:10.1029/2018JB015979

Imaging of Lithospheric Structure Beneath Jeju Volcanic Island by Teleseismic Traveltime Tomography

Jung Hun Song, Seongryong Kim, Junkee Rhie, Sang Hyun Lee, Young Hee Kim, Tae Seob Kang

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Abstract

Jeju Island (JI) is an intraplate volcanic field located at the continental margin of Northeast Asia. This volcanic island has been formed by multiple eruptions from the Pleistocene to the Holocene (~3.7 ka), which have yielded hundreds of monogenetic volcanic cones and a central basaltic shield. To understand the volcanic structures and mechanism beneath JI, we deployed 20 broadband temporary seismometers across the island for over two years (October 2013 to November 2015). We investigated the crustal and upper mantle structures in JI for the first time using the gathered data. Through teleseismic traveltime tomography, we obtained images of the lithospheric structure related to the volcanic system. A major finding was the identification of a prominent low-velocity anomaly (<−0.3 km/s in P wave velocity relative to the surrounding high-velocity region) beneath the summit of the central shield volcano at greater depths (50–60 km), which separates into low-velocity zones at shallower depths (10–45 km). Based on previous geological observations, the anomalies were interpreted as a magmatic system, potentially with partial melting. Moreover, relatively high velocity zones were consistently imaged to the north, east, and west of the island, indicating relatively thick lithospheric structures at the southern margin of the continental lithosphere beneath the Korean Peninsula. Based on the geometries of the imaged structures, we suggest that a focused decompressional melting at sublithospheric depths and complex magma interactions within the lithosphere resulted in the characteristics of JI volcanism as intraplate magmatic activities that are isolated in space and confined in time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6784-6801
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Volume	123
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015979
Publication status	Published - 2018 Aug
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Sang-Jun Lee, Jeong-Ung Woo, Sungwon Cho, and Juhwan Kim of Seoul National University and Jechan Park, Hyun Ho Jang, Minook Kim, ChangHwan Kong, Euna Park, Hyejin Park, and Dabeen Heo of Pukyong National University for their assistance in the field deployment of the temporary seismic network. We also thank Gee-Pyo Kim (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province), Soo-Hyoung Lee, and Kyoochul Ha (KIGAM) for making the said deployment possible. We appreciate the constructive comments and suggestions of Marco Brenna and one anonymous reviewer, which have improved the original version of the manuscript. Data were partly acquired from the KMA and KIGAM. We acknowledge Nicholas Rawlinson for making his code (Fast Marching Teleseismic Tomography and Adaptive Stacking) available. Most of the figures were generated using Generic Mapping Tools (Wessel et al.,). Seismic waveform data, velocity models, and traveltime residuals along with format description are available from https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6149858.v1 (Song et al.,). This work was funded by the Korea Meteorological Administration Research and Development Program under grant KMIPA2017-4020.

Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Sang- Jun Lee, Jeong-Ung Woo, Sungwon Cho, and Juhwan Kim of Seoul National University and Jechan Park, Hyun Ho Jang, Minook Kim, ChangHwan Kong, Euna Park, Hyejin Park, and Dabeen Heo of Pukyong National University for their assistance in the field deployment of the temporary seismic network. We also thank Gee-Pyo Kim (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province), Soo-Hyoung Lee, and Kyoochul Ha (KIGAM) for making the said deployment possible. We appreciate the constructive comments and suggestions of Marco Brenna and one anonymous reviewer, which have improved the original version of the manuscript. Data were partly acquired from the KMA and KIGAM. We acknowledge Nicholas Rawlinson for making his code (Fast Marching Teleseismic Tomography and Adaptive Stacking) available. Most of the figures were generated using Generic Mapping Tools (Wessel et al., 2013). Seismic waveform data, velocity models, and traveltime residuals along with format description are available from https:// doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6149858. v1 (Song et al., 2018). This work was funded by the Korea Meteorological Administration Research and Development Program under grant KMIPA2017-4020.

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Keywords

Jeju Island
decompressional melting
dispersed magmatic structure
intraplate volcano
lithospheric structure
teleseismic traveltime tomography

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Geochemistry and Petrology
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
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