Philippine Island Arc System Tectonic Features Inferred from Magnetic Data Analysis

Running along the middle of the Philippine archipelago from south to north, the Philippine fault zone is one of the _ major strike-slip faults. Intense volcanism in the archipelago is attributed to the ongoing subduction along the trench systems surrounding it. This study interprets the magnetic dat...

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Main Authors: Wen-Bin Doo, Shu-Kun Hsu, and Leo Armada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2015-01-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Online Access: http://tao.cgu.org.tw/pdf/v266p679.pdf
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description Running along the middle of the Philippine archipelago from south to north, the Philippine fault zone is one of the _ major strike-slip faults. Intense volcanism in the archipelago is attributed to the ongoing subduction along the trench systems surrounding it. This study interprets the magnetic data covering the Philippine fault zone and the bounding archipelago subduction systems to understand the structural characteristics of the study area. Magnetic data analysis suggests that the Philippine fault is roughly distributed along the boundary of high/low magnetization and separates the different amplitude features of the first order analytic signal. Visayas province is a specific area bounded by the other parts of the Philippine archipelago. Further differentiating the tectonic units, the proto-Southeast Bohol Trench should be the main tectonic boundary between Visayas and Mindanao. A clear NE - SW boundary separates Luzon from Visayas as shown by the variant depths to the top of the magnetic basement. This boundary could suggest the different tectonic characteristics of the two regions.
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spelling doaj.art-450e94721644432fb80746242beffb882022-12-22T03:02:17ZengSpringerTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences1017-08392311-76802015-01-0126667910.3319/TAO.2015.05.11.04(TC)1320Philippine Island Arc System Tectonic Features Inferred from Magnetic Data AnalysisWen-Bin DooShu-Kun Hsuand Leo ArmadaRunning along the middle of the Philippine archipelago from south to north, the Philippine fault zone is one of the _ major strike-slip faults. Intense volcanism in the archipelago is attributed to the ongoing subduction along the trench systems surrounding it. This study interprets the magnetic data covering the Philippine fault zone and the bounding archipelago subduction systems to understand the structural characteristics of the study area. Magnetic data analysis suggests that the Philippine fault is roughly distributed along the boundary of high/low magnetization and separates the different amplitude features of the first order analytic signal. Visayas province is a specific area bounded by the other parts of the Philippine archipelago. Further differentiating the tectonic units, the proto-Southeast Bohol Trench should be the main tectonic boundary between Visayas and Mindanao. A clear NE - SW boundary separates Luzon from Visayas as shown by the variant depths to the top of the magnetic basement. This boundary could suggest the different tectonic characteristics of the two regions. http://tao.cgu.org.tw/pdf/v266p679.pdf geophysicsgeologyatmospheric sciencespace scienceoceanic sciencehydrology
spellingShingle Wen-Bin Doo
Shu-Kun Hsu
and Leo Armada
Philippine Island Arc System Tectonic Features Inferred from Magnetic Data Analysis
Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
geophysics
geology
atmospheric science
space science
oceanic science
hydrology
title Philippine Island Arc System Tectonic Features Inferred from Magnetic Data Analysis
title_full Philippine Island Arc System Tectonic Features Inferred from Magnetic Data Analysis
title_fullStr Philippine Island Arc System Tectonic Features Inferred from Magnetic Data Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Philippine Island Arc System Tectonic Features Inferred from Magnetic Data Analysis
title_short Philippine Island Arc System Tectonic Features Inferred from Magnetic Data Analysis
title_sort philippine island arc system tectonic features inferred from magnetic data analysis
topic geophysics
geology
atmospheric science
space science
oceanic science
hydrology
url http://tao.cgu.org.tw/pdf/v266p679.pdf
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