Volcanic Activity of Nishinoshima Volcano in Izu-Bonin Arc Estimated by VTM and Obems Observation Nishinoshima Is a Volcanic
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Abstract, 24th EM Induction Workshop, Helsingør, Denmark, August 12-19, 2018 Volcanic activity of Nishinoshima volcano in Izu-Bonin arc estimated by VTM and OBEMs observation N. Tada1, K. Baba2, Y. Hamano3, H. Ichihara4, H. Sugioka5, T. Koyama6 and M. Takeo7 1Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, [email protected] 2Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, [email protected] 3Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, [email protected] 4Earthquake and Volcano Research Center, Nagoya University, [email protected] 5Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, [email protected] 6Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, [email protected] 7Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, [email protected] SUMMARY Nishinoshima is a volcanic island located about 900 km south from the main land of Japan. The volcano started eruptive activity in November, 2013. We conducted electromagnetic observation on the seafloor around the Nishinoshima using 1 VTM (Vector tsunameter) and 4 OBEMs (Ocena bottom electromagnetometers) from October 2016 to May 2017. VTM got the data during the whole of this time, while OBEMs observed for a maximum of two months. While the eruption activity of the Nishinoshima had not been identified during the first two months, the tilt data of VTM and OBEMs changed from 13th November to 20th November. At the same time, the total magnetic intensity changed a lot at two sites which were settled on the north side and east side of the island. Tilt data can include both crustal movement and instrumental movement itself, but there is no significant instrumental movement except one OBEM according to the record of three- component fluxgate magnetometer. The tilt changes occurred in the middle of November were recorded at four sites, which means that the tilt changes were caused by crustal movement. The time variation of the total magnetic intensity were calculated at each site using VTM, which is the farthest site from the Nishinoshima, as a reference site. Whereas the total magnetic intensity of the north site increased, that of the east site decreased. These variations were about 10 nT, and these changes were consistent with thermal demagnetization occurred inside the island. The large variations of the tilt and total magnetic intensity were related to volcanic activity of the Nishinoshima and might be caused by the movement of magma. Moreover, the large variations were occurred five months before the Nishinoshima restarted eruption activity. Keywords: Volcanic island, Ocean bottom magnetometer, Vector tsunameter, tilt change, magnetic field variation 1 / 1 .