[S-EM20] Electric and Electromagnetic survey technologies and the scientific achievements: Recent advances

[SEM20-04] Anatomy of Active Volcanic Edifice at the Kusatsu-Shirane Volcano, Japan, by Magnetotellurics: Hydrothermal Implications for Volcanic Unrests

Kuo Hsuan Tseng¹, *Yasuo Ogawa¹, Nurhasan Nurhasan¹, Sabri Bülent Tank¹, Yoshimori Honkura¹, Naoto Ujihara¹, Akihiko Terada¹, Yoshiya Usui¹, Wataru Kanda¹ (1.Volcanic Fluid Research Center, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Keywords:Phreatic eruption, volcanic unrest, Magnetotelluric method, clay cap, brine

We aimed to perform three-dimensional imaging of the underlying geothermal system to a depth of 2km using magnetotellurics (MT). We deployed 91 MT sites focusing around the peak area of 2km x 2km with typical spacings of 200m. The full tensor impedances and the magnetic transfer functions were inverted, using an unstructured tetrahedral finite element code to include the topographic effect. The final model showed (1) impermeable clay cap as the near surface conductor, (2) brine reservoir as a deep conductor at a depth of 1.5 km from the surface, and (3) a vertical conductor connecting the deep conductor to the clay cap associated with the seismicity, which implies a fluid/gas path. The past magnetization/demagnetization sources and the inflation source of the 2014 unrest are located just below the clay-cap, consistent with the clay capped geothermal model.