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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days ago

High-enthalpy Larderello geothermal system, Italy, powered by thousands of cubic kilometres of mid-crustal magma

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High-enthalpy Larderello geothermal system, Italy, powered by thousands of cubic kilometres of mid-crustal magma

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High-enthalpy Larderello geothermal system, Italy, powered by thousands of cubic kilometres of mid-crustal magma | Communications Earth & Environment
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Thousands of cubic kilometers of magma lie in the upper crust below supervolcanoes such as Yellowstone (USA), Toba (Indonesia), and Taupo (New Zealand). Most of these systems are identified because of surface geomorphology and eruptive deposits. Recognizing such volcanoes without surface evidence is challenging, causing large magmatic reservoirs to go unnoticed. The Tuscan Magmatic Province, Italy, features only sparse Quaternary volcanic activity, but subsurface data indicate the presence of supercritical fluids at shallow depths. Here we show that more than 5’000 km3 of magma and partial melt are stored in the middle crust of the Tuscan Magmatic Province, Italy. This fuels the high-enthalpy geothermal systems of the region. Such volumes are comparable to those of mid-crust reservoirs beneath recognized supervolcanoes. The discovery of large volumes of magma is critical to explain the long-term evolution of mature magmatic systems and to understand the behavior of large magmatic provinces. The presence of a vast magma reservoir, with an estimated 6,000 cubic kilometers of magma, in the continental crust of central Tuscany in Italy is comparable to the crustal reservoirs found below super volcanos such as Yellowstone, according to ambient noise tomography analysis.
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