Temperature estimation for the most upper part of magmatic chamber of the Elbrus volcano
Category: 13-4
UDC 551.21; 550.361
D.V. Likhodeev(1), V.N. Mikhalenko(2)
(1) Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
(2) Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Abstract
Temperature estimations for the most upper part of the shallow magmatic chamber of the of the Elbrus volcano were obtained on the basis of experimental measurements in the 180-meter deep borehole drilled through the glacier on the western plateau of Mount Elbrus. The estimations of deep temperatures have confirmed the possibility of existence of the magmatic chamber at depths of 0-1 km below sea level. At the same time the magnitudes of local heat flux were identified with enhanced precision.
Keywords: heat flow, volcano, magmatic structure.
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