Geoelectric evidence for a wide spatial footprint of active extension in central Colorado

Geology Pub Date : 2024-02-09 DOI:10.1130/g51517.1
Benjamin S. Murphy, J. Caine, P. Bedrosian, Jade Crosbie
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Three-dimensional magnetotelluric (MT) imaging in central Colorado revealed a set of north-striking high-conductivity tracks at lower-crustal (50−20 km) depths, with conductive finger-like structures rising off these tracks into the middle crust (20−5 km depth). We interpret these features to represent saline aqueous fluids and partial melt that are products of active extensional tectonomagmatism. These conductors are distributed over a wider region than the narrow corridor along which Rio Grande rift structures are traditionally mapped at the surface, and they consequently demarcate regions of the lower crust where accommodation of bulk extensional strain has concentrated conductive phases. Our observations reveal limitations in existing models of Rio Grande rift activity and may reflect unrecognized spatiotemporal variations in rift system evolution globally.
科罗拉多州中部活动延伸的广泛空间足迹的地电证据
科罗拉多州中部的三维磁层成像(MT)显示,在下地壳(50-20 千米)深处有一组向北延伸的高导率轨道,导电指状结构从这些轨道上升到中地壳(20-5 千米)。我们认为这些特征代表了活动伸展构造运动的产物--盐水流体和部分熔体。这些导体分布的区域比传统上在地表绘制的格兰德河断裂构造的狭窄走廊更广,因此它们划定了下地壳中容纳大量伸展应变的区域,这些区域集中了导体相。我们的观测结果揭示了现有格兰德河断裂活动模型的局限性,并可能反映了全球断裂系统演化过程中尚未认识到的时空变化。
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