著者

為 栗健 八木原 寛 筒井 智樹 井口 正人

出版者

特定非営利活動法人 日本火山学会

雑誌

火山 (ISSN:04534360)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.67, no.1, pp.69-76, 2022-03-31 (Released:2022-04-26)

参考文献数

22

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We obtain a three-dimensional seismic velocity structure below the Aira caldera at a depth shallower than 15 km, southwest Japan, applying seismic tomography inversion method to analyze 14,652 P-wave onsets and 10,935 S-wave onsets of natural earthquakes observed by 45 seismic stations, and 3,121 P-wave onsets generated by artificial explosions. An anomalous zone of low S-wave velocity is discriminated at depths deeper than 12 km below the center of the Aira caldera. The S wave velocity is 18-55 % lower than the surrounding area. The volume of the anomalous zone is 139~255 km3 at shallower depths than 15 km, and the anomalous zone includes about 7 % melt (10~18 km3). Accumulation of magma in the anomalous zone activates a pressure source at the top of the zone, where velocity contrast of the S-wave is intense, and the pressure source induces inflationary ground deformation around the Aira caldera.