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Three-dimensional density structure of La Soufrie\`ere de Guadeloupe lava dome from simultaneous muon radiographies and gravity data

Geophysics 2017-07-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Muon imaging has recently emerged as a powerful method to complement standard geophysical tools in the understanding of the Earth's subsurface. Muon measurements can yield a radiography of the average density along the muon path, allowing to image large volumes of a geological body from a single observation point. Here we jointly invert muon data from three simultaneous telescope acquisitions together with gravity data to estimate the three-dimensional density structure of the La Soufri\`ere de Guadeloupe lava Dome. Our unique dataset allows us to achieve an unprecedented spatial resolution with this novel technique. The retrieved density model reveals an extensive, low-density anomaly where the most active part of the volcanic hydrothermal system is located, supporting previous studies that indicate this region as the most likely to be involved in a partial edifice collapse.

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@article{arxiv.1707.02604,
  title  = {Three-dimensional density structure of La Soufrie\`ere de Guadeloupe lava dome from simultaneous muon radiographies and gravity data},
  author = {Marina Rosas-Carbajal and Kevin Jourde and Jacques Marteau and Sébastien Deroussi and Jean-Christophe Komorowski and Dominique Gibert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.02604},
  year   = {2017}
}

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4 figures, 7 pages