Socorro Magma Body

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The Socorro Magma Body is a large, mid-crustal magma intrusion beneath central New Mexico that is one of the most seismically and geophysically active magma reservoirs in the continental United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Socorro Magma Body canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
magma intrusion ⓘ
magma reservoir ⓘ
associatedWith Socorro seismic anomaly ⓘ
crustal uplift ⓘ
depth mid-crustal depth ⓘ
hasComposition silicic magma ⓘ
hasGeologicSetting mid-crustal ⓘ
hasScientificSignificance important for understanding intraplate magmatism ⓘ
natural laboratory for studying mid-crustal magmatic systems ⓘ
isCharacterizedBy active crustal deformation ⓘ
high seismic activity ⓘ
strong geophysical anomalies ⓘ
isOneOf most geophysically active magma reservoirs in the continental United States ⓘ
most seismically active magma reservoirs in the continental United States ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
central New Mexico ⓘ
continental United States ⓘ
monitoredBy geophysical networks in New Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter Socorro, New Mexico ⓘ
studiedUsing geodetic measurements ⓘ
gravity surveys ⓘ
magnetotelluric surveys ⓘ
seismology ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rio Grande Rift → contains → Socorro Magma Body ⓘ