Study of Tatun Volcanoes by Fluxgate Geomagnetic Data

Abstract:

Tatun volcanoes, located at northern Taipei city, the capital city of Taiwan, are still active according to the previous studies. Thus, construct the geometry of the volcanic structures of Tatun volcanoes is necessary. We used 3-component geomagnetic data from two temporal fluxgate magnetometers and YMM(Yangming mountain) a permanent station from April to August 2014. The susceptibility of igneous rock is generally larger than metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, thus we use the Parkinson vectors derived from 3-component geomagnetic data through the magnetic transfer function to find out the location and geometry of the igneous rock under Tatun volcanoes.

In order to know the depth of the anomalies, we used the magnetotelluric data of previous study that are in the vicinity of three stations to compute the skin depth, which show the relationship between frequency and the penetration depth of the electromagnetic wave. Then, we use the magnetic transfer function to calculate the azimuth of the anomalies at a specific depth.