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Mantle fluids associated with crustal-scale faulting in a continental subduction setting, Taiwan.


ABSTRACT: We report noble gas signatures of groundwater, hot springs, and bedrock samples from a major fault system that separates regional-scale blocks of accreted, continental materials in southern Taiwan. Despite the continental setting, the isotopic signatures argue for the presence of mantle derived fluids, suggesting that the active fault system is deep-seated. This is consistent with deep, non-volcanic tremors identified in the same area. We speculate that the mantle fluids are escaping along a crustal-scale fault marked by clusters of non-volcanic tremors directly beneath the southern Central Range. The evidence of these tremors and electrical conductivity anomalies along the strike of the fault recognized previously correlated up dip with the surface trace of a major active fault support the hypothesis.

SUBMITTER: Chen AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658536 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mantle fluids associated with crustal-scale faulting in a continental subduction setting, Taiwan.

Chen Ai-Ti AT   Shen Chuan-Chou CC   Byrne Timothy B TB   Sano Yuji Y   Takahata Naoto N   Yang Tsanyao Frank TF   Wang Yunshuen Y  

Scientific reports 20190725 1


We report noble gas signatures of groundwater, hot springs, and bedrock samples from a major fault system that separates regional-scale blocks of accreted, continental materials in southern Taiwan. Despite the continental setting, the isotopic signatures argue for the presence of mantle derived fluids, suggesting that the active fault system is deep-seated. This is consistent with deep, non-volcanic tremors identified in the same area. We speculate that the mantle fluids are escaping along a cru  ...[more]

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