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- Ambient noise tomography of the East African Rift in MozambiquePublication . Domingues, Ana; Silveira, Graça; Ferreira, Ana M. G.; Chang, Sung-Joon; Custódio, Susana; Fonseca, João F. B. D.Seismic ambient noise tomography is applied to central and southern Mozambique, located in the tip of the East African Rift (EAR). The deployment of MOZART seismic network, with a total of 30 broad-band stations continuously recording for 26 months, allowed us to carry out the first tomographic study of the crust under this region, which until now remained largely unexplored at this scale. From cross-correlations extracted from coherent noise we obtained Rayleigh wave group velocity dispersion curves for the period range 5–40 s. These dispersion relations were inverted to produce group velocity maps, and 1-D shear wave velocity profiles at selected points. High group velocities are observed at all periods on the eastern edge of the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe cratons, in agreement with the findings of previous studies. Further east, a pronounced slow anomaly is observed in central and southern Mozambique, where the rifting between southern Africa and Antarctica created a passive margin in the Mesozoic, and further rifting is currently happening as a result of the southward propagation of the EAR. In this study, we also addressed the question concerning the nature of the crust (continental versus oceanic) in the Mozambique Coastal Plains (MCP), still in debate. Our data do not support previous suggestions that the MCP are floored by oceanic crust since a shallow Moho could not be detected, and we discuss an alternative explanation for its ocean-like magnetic signature. Our velocity maps suggest that the crystalline basement of the Zimbabwe craton may extend further east well into Mozambique underneath the sediment cover, contrary to what is usually assumed, while further south the Kaapval craton passes into slow rifted crust at the Lebombo monocline as expected. The sharp passage from fast crust to slow crust on the northern part of the study area coincides with the seismically active NNE-SSW Urema rift, while further south the Mazenga graben adopts an N-S direction parallel to the eastern limit of the Kaapvaal craton. We conclude that these two extensional structures herald the southward continuation of the EAR, and infer a structural control of the transition between the two types of crust on the ongoing deformation.
- Fault-mediated magma propagation and triggered seismicity revealed by the 2022 São Jorge Azores unrestPublication . Hicks, Stephen P.; Gonzalez, Pablo J.; Lomax, Anthony; Ferreira, Ana M. G.; Ramalho, Ricardo S.; Mitchell, Neil C.; Silveira, Graça; Dias, Nuno Afonso; Fontiela, João; Fernandes, Rui; Custódio, Susana; Tsekhmistrenko, Maria; Mendes, Virgílio; Pimentel, Adriano; Silva, Rita; Prates, Gonçalo; Sturgeon, William; Marignier, Augustin; Carrilho, Fernando; Marques, Rui; Miranda, Miguel; Garcia, Arturo M.Abstract Understanding failed volcanic eruptions is key to mapping magma plumbing and forecasting hazards. Faults and fractures guide magma, but their mechanisms remain unclear due to the lack of precise earthquake locations andlimited3-Dfaultmappinginvolcanicregions.The triple-junction setting of the Azores Archipelago, where volcanic systems and seismogenic faults coexist, offers a natural laboratory to study fault–magma interactions. We analysed ~18,000 earthquakes relocated to high precision using onshore and ocean-bottom seismometers, combined with geodetic data and seismic autocorrelation imaging, during a failed 2022 eruption on São Jorge Island. A magmatic dike ascended rapidly and mostly aseismically from the upper mantle, intruding a crustal fault before stalling ~1,600 m below the surface. Seismicity indicates that magma branching and lateral fluid escape along the fault triggered an intense, months-long swarm with rotated focal mechanisms. This study demonstrates the dual role of faults in facilitating and arresting magma ascent.