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Title: Precise predictions for $$V+$$ V + jets dark matter backgrounds
Award ID(s):
1652066
NSF-PAR ID:
10055779
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The European Physical Journal C
Volume:
77
Issue:
12
ISSN:
1434-6044
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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  1. Abstract

    Structural details of the crust play an important role in controlling the distribution of volcanic activity in arc systems. In southwest Washington, several different regional structures associated with accretion and magmatism have been invoked to explain the broad distribution of Cascade volcanism in this region. In order to image these regional structures in the upper crust, Pg and Sg travel times from the imaging Magma Under St. Helens (iMUSH) active‐source seismic experiment are inverted forVp,Vs, andVp/Vsmodels in the region surrounding Mount St. Helens. Several features of these models provide new insights into the regional structure of the upper crust. A large section of the Southern Washington Cascades Conductor is imaged as a lowVp/Vsanomaly that is inferred to represent a broad sedimentary/metasedimentary sequence that composes the upper crust in this region. The accreted terrane Siletzia is imaged west of Mount St. Helens as north/south trending highVpandVp/Vsbodies. TheVp/Vsmodel shows relatively highVp/Vsregions near Mount St. Helens and the Indian Heaven Volcanic Field, which could be related to the presence of magmatic fluids. Separating these two volcanic regions below 6‐km depth is a northeast trending series of highVpandVsbodies. These bodies have the same orientation as several volcanic/magmatic features at the surface, including Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier, and it is argued that these high‐velocity features are a regional‐scale group of intrusive bodies associated with a crustal weak zone that focuses magma ascent.

     
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