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Seismic Signals And Sources At Fuego Volcano, Guatemala During January 2012, Kyle Brill Jan 2019

Seismic Signals And Sources At Fuego Volcano, Guatemala During January 2012, Kyle Brill

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Forecasting volcanic activity is challenging. The task is uniquely difficult at open vent volcanoes which present persistent low-level eruptions over long periods of time. Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala began its current eruptive episode in 1999. Fuego exhibited “background” levels of activity during January of 2012 when we installed a temporary monitoring network to produce a detailed baseline description of the volcano’s behavior. We accomplish this using data from two low-frequency microphone arrays, nine broadband (50 Hz to 30 second flat response) seismic stations, and visual time-lapse imagery collected over a period of ten days. We begin with a detailed …


Magnetic Characterization Of Iron Formations From Drill Cores Near Iron Mountain, Michigan, Adren Rigdon Jan 2019

Magnetic Characterization Of Iron Formations From Drill Cores Near Iron Mountain, Michigan, Adren Rigdon

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

The magnetic properties of the ~1.88 Ga Vulcan Iron Formation and Felch Formation were investigated from samples taken from three drill cores through the Felch Trough, north of Iron Mountain, MI. The conducted analyses included measurements of natural remanent magnetization, magnetic hysteresis, first order reversal curves, magnetic anisotropy, scanning electron microscopy, and electron dispersive spectroscopy. The data is compared to the results of a previous magnetic characterization study conducted on surface outcrop samples on two members of the Vulcan formation, the Curry and Traders members, near Iron Mountain, MI. Two distinct members of the Vulcan Formation were identified in the …


Paleomagnetic Investigation Of Igneous Rocks Deformed By The Keweenaw Fault In The Northwestern Keweenaw Peninsula., Daniel Trekas Jan 2019

Paleomagnetic Investigation Of Igneous Rocks Deformed By The Keweenaw Fault In The Northwestern Keweenaw Peninsula., Daniel Trekas

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

One of the most prominent structural features associated with the ~1.1 Ga Midcontinent Rift (MCR) system is the >350 km long Keweenaw Fault that bisects the Keweenaw Peninsula, separating the MCR-related Portage Lake Volcanics (PLV) and the younger Jacobsville Sandstone (JS). The fault trend is NE-NNE over most of its length, but changes to an easterly direction along the shore of Bête Grise Bay near the end of the peninsula. Conventionally, the Keweenaw Fault has been considered to be a continuous reverse (dip-slip) fault formed by inversion of an original rift-bounding normal fault during the Grenville Orogeny. However, recent mapping …