An Asthenospheric Upwelling Beneath Central Mongolia

Implications for Intraplate Surface Uplift and Volcanism

Conference paper (2021)

Authors

M.J. Comeau University of Münster
Michael Becken University of Münster
Alexey Kuvshinov ETH Zürich
Alexander V. Grayver ETH Zürich
Johannes Käufl ETH Zürich
Erdenechimeg Batmagnai Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Shoovdor Tserendug Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Sodnomsambuu Demberel Mongolian Academy of Sciences
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Electrical resistivity Intraplate volcanism Magnetotellurics Lithosphere structure Surface uplift
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2021

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English

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Abstract

Intraplate processes, such as continental surface uplift and intraplate volcanism, are enigmatic and the underlying mechanisms responsible are not fully understood. Central Mongolia is an ideal natural laboratory for studying such processes because of its location in the continental interior far from tectonic plate boundaries, its high-elevation plateau, and its widespread, low-volume, basaltic volcanism. The processes responsible for developing this region remain largely unexplained —due in part to a lack of high-resolution geophysical studies —and thus are open questions.