VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-11-14DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.02.397432
Simon M. Drake, David Brown, A. Beard, Padej Kumlertsakul, D. Thompson, Charlotte L. Bays, I. Millar, K. Goodenough
{"title":"Catastrophic caldera-forming eruptions and climate perturbations: the result of tectonic and magmatic controls on the Paleocene-Eocene Kilchrist Caldera, Isle of Skye, NW Scotland","authors":"Simon M. Drake, David Brown, A. Beard, Padej Kumlertsakul, D. Thompson, Charlotte L. Bays, I. Millar, K. Goodenough","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.02.397432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.02.397432","url":null,"abstract":"Caldera-forming eruptions are amongst the most hazardous events in the Earth’s history, and understanding their formation is essential to forecasting activity at active calderas worldwide. In this study we present new field and geochronological evidence for a Paleocene-Eocene caldera from Skye, NW Scotland. Magma exploited a regional thrust fault as a conduit, and then ponded against intrusive igneous rocks emplaced against a regional extensional fault. Replenishment of silicic magma reservoirs with basaltic magma triggered eruptions. The eruptions typically deposited extremely coarse ignimbrites, demonstrating catastrophic collapse of the caldera, which occurred via an inner ring fault and a complexly faulted marginal zone. Collapse was followed by remobilisation of silicic magma and caldera resurgence. The magma consumed dolostone country rocks, causing significant release of CO2 and contributed to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Our results demonstrate how tectonics localise magma and caldera development, and how this can cause cataclysmic volcanic and climatic hazards.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41380458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-10-27DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.02.335348
F. Illsley‐Kemp, P. Herath, C. Chamberlain, Konstantinos Michailos, C. Wilson
{"title":"A decade of earthquake activity at Taupō Volcano, New Zealand","authors":"F. Illsley‐Kemp, P. Herath, C. Chamberlain, Konstantinos Michailos, C. Wilson","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.02.335348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.02.335348","url":null,"abstract":"Taupō, New Zealand, is an active caldera volcano that in recent times has erupted on average every ~500 years, with the latest explosive eruption in 232±10 CE. Monitoring at Taupō is challenging as there has been no eruptive activity in documented history; however, Taupō does undergo periods of unrest on roughly a decadal timescale, such as in 2019. Key to identifying these unrest periods is understanding what represents 'normal' inter-unrest activity. In this study, we generate an earthquake catalogue for Taupō for 2010–2019 inclusive, consisting of 46,481 earthquakes. This shows that the Taupō region has background earthquake rates of 50–200 earthquakes per month and the 2019 unrest episode was preceded by an exponential increase in earthquake rate. We also show that when attenuation is accounted for there is no evidence for low-frequency earthquakes at Taupō, and that this is an important consideration for volcano monitoring and determining the presence of significant magma movement.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41762930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-10-17DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.02.313334
M. O. Chevrel, A. Harris, A. Peltier, N. Villeneuve, D. Coppola, M. Gouhier, Stéphane Drenne
{"title":"Volcanic crisis management supported by near real-time lava flow hazard assessment at Piton de la Fournaise, La Réunion","authors":"M. O. Chevrel, A. Harris, A. Peltier, N. Villeneuve, D. Coppola, M. Gouhier, Stéphane Drenne","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.02.313334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.02.313334","url":null,"abstract":"Since 1979, Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion) has erupted on average two times per year, with 95 % of these eruptions occurring within an uninhabited caldera. However, lava flows have occasionally impacted populated regions on the island, as in 1977 and 1986. Since 2014, an integrated satellite data–driven multinational response to effusive crises has been developed to rapidly assess lava inundation area and flow runout distance. In 2018, this protocol was implemented as a standalone software to provide a lava flow hazard map showing the probability of flow coverage and runouts as a function of discharge rate. Since 2019, the produced short-term hazard map is shared with local civil protection in the first few hours following the start of an eruption to aid in mitigation actions. Multiple exchanges between scientists, the observatory, and civil protection has improved the delivered hazard map, ensuring a common understanding, a product which is of use and usable, and helping to build effective mitigation strategies at Piton de la Fournaise. In this work we illustrate this effective near real-time protocol with case studies and document how the produced short-term hazard map has been tailored to meet the needs of civil protection.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46652544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-10-14DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.02.295311
S. Hidalgo, F. Vasconez, J. Battaglia, B. Bernard, P. Espín, S. Valade, María-Fernanda Naranjo, R. Campion, J. Salgado, Marco Córdova, M. Almeida, S. Hernández, Gerardo Pino, E. Gaunt, A. Bell, P. Mothes, M. Ruiz
{"title":"Sangay volcano (Ecuador): the opening of two new vents, a drumbeat seismic sequence and a new lava flow in late 2021","authors":"S. Hidalgo, F. Vasconez, J. Battaglia, B. Bernard, P. Espín, S. Valade, María-Fernanda Naranjo, R. Campion, J. Salgado, Marco Córdova, M. Almeida, S. Hernández, Gerardo Pino, E. Gaunt, A. Bell, P. Mothes, M. Ruiz","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.02.295311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.02.295311","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000On 2 December, 2021 we recorded a sequence of drumbeat seismic events at Sangay volcano. This sequence lasted several hours and resulted in two explosive emissions whose eruptive columns reached 9 km above crater. Unexpectedly, these explosions did not produce any ash fallout in the inhabited areas around the volcano. This drumbeat sequence was produced after a series of morphological changes, including the opening of two new vents (W and N) and a landslide. These occurred during an enhanced period of ground deformation and degassing. Further analysis of satellite images allowed us to determine that this sequence was associated with the widening of the recently open vent north of the main crater, and the extrusion of a new lava flow. Timely communication of this event to the authorities and the population was ensured by the IG-EPN by following internal protocols. The corresponding short reports reached more than 300,000 people.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47212694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.02.271293
Richard J. Brown, W. Hernández, D. Escobar, E. Gutiérrez, J. Crummy, R. Cole, Pierre-Yves Tournigand
{"title":"Reconstruction of the 29th December 2013 eruption of San Miguel volcano, El Salvador, using video, photographs, and pyroclastic deposits","authors":"Richard J. Brown, W. Hernández, D. Escobar, E. Gutiérrez, J. Crummy, R. Cole, Pierre-Yves Tournigand","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.02.271293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.02.271293","url":null,"abstract":"San Miguel (or Chaparrastique) volcano, El Salvador, erupted on the 29th December 2013, after almost 40 years of quiescence. Initial vent-clearing explosions ejected ballistic blocks and produced a pyroclastic density current (PDC) that flowed down the upper flanks. Plume rise speeds peaked at 50–70 m s-1 and declined over time. The main phase of the VEI 2 eruption produced a Subplinian plume that dispersed 106 m3 ash >20 000 km2 across El Salvador in to Honduras. Plume structure was complex due to strong wind shear and to contributions from co-PDC ash. Tephra fall deposits dispersed westwards include a basal white ash layer of ash-coated clasts and ash aggregates, a grey fine ash co-PDC layer, and a layer of coarse ash to fine lapilli-grade scoria. The eruption provides a useful case study to understand the range of volcanic activity at the volcano and to refine hazard maps.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46017802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-08-24DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.02.249270
M. Hudak, M. Feineman, P. LaFemina, H. Geirsson, S. Agostini
{"title":"Conduit formation and crustal microxenolith entrainment in a basaltic fissure eruption: Observations from Thríhnúkagígur Volcano, Iceland","authors":"M. Hudak, M. Feineman, P. LaFemina, H. Geirsson, S. Agostini","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.02.249270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.02.249270","url":null,"abstract":"Thríhnúkagígur Volcano, Iceland, is a composite spatter cone and lava field characteristic of basaltic fissure eruptions. Lava drainback at the end of the eruption left ~60 m of evacuated conduit, and a 4 × 104 m3 cave formed by the erosion of unconsolidated tephra by the feeder dike. Field relationships within the shallow plumbing system provide three-dimensional insight into conduit formation in fissure systems. Petrographic estimates and the relative volumes of the cave and erupted lavas both indicate xenolithic tephra comprises 5–10 % of the erupted volume, which cannot be reproduced by geochemical mixing models. Although crustal xenolith entrainment is not geochemically significant, we posit that this process may be common in the Icelandic crust. The Thríhnúkagígur eruption illustrates how pervasive, poorly consolidated tephra or hyaloclastite can act as a mechanically weak pre-existing structure that provides a preferential pathway for magma ascent and may influence vent location.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44821286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-08-04DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.02.227248
Conner A. G. Morison, R. Streeter
{"title":"The influence of vegetation cover on the grain-size distributions and thicknesses of two Icelandic tephra layers","authors":"Conner A. G. Morison, R. Streeter","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.02.227248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.02.227248","url":null,"abstract":"Grain-size distributions and thicknesses of tephra layers are used to reconstruct characteristics, dynamics, and hazards of explosive volcanic eruptions, but the extent to which the preservation of tephra is in uenced by depositional environments is unclear. This paper analyses grain-size distributions and thicknesses of tephra layers produced by the Eyjafjallajökull (2010) and Grímsvötn (2011) eruptions. We collected 110 tephra samples and layer thickness measurements from 86 sites at two locations in southern Iceland. Areas of different vegetation cover have varying capacities to affect rates of tephra erosion, retain fallout, or capture remobilised tephra. The Grímsvötn tephra was somewhat coarser-grained and thicker in areas of birch woodland than in adjacent moss heath, but no comparable differences in the Eyjafjallajökull tephra were observed. The spatial variability (over tens of metres) of median particle-size and layer thickness is low, providing con dence that relatively few samples and measurements may be required to capture fallout characteristics.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47431969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-06-10DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.01.209225
B. Bernard, P. Ramón, Leonardo García, S. Hernández, F. Vasconez, G. Viracucha, S. Hidalgo
{"title":"Volcanic event management in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador","authors":"B. Bernard, P. Ramón, Leonardo García, S. Hernández, F. Vasconez, G. Viracucha, S. Hidalgo","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.01.209225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.01.209225","url":null,"abstract":"The volcanoes of Galápagos, Ecuador, are among the most active in the world, with an average of five eruptions per decade. Monitoring and communication of their activity are essential for timely management of events. In this context, the Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional carries out constant surveillance of Galápagos volcanoes using geophysical monitoring, remote sensing, and field campaigns with the support of the Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos. Collaborations with national emergency agencies and international scientists have been key to ensuring the protection of the population, economic activities, and endemic fauna of Galápagos. Since 2010, there have been numerous changes in the way volcanic unrest and eruptions are detected and communicated to decision-makers and the general public. This paper summarizes six eruptions and one period of unrest from different Galápagos volcanoes that occurred in the last decade to illustrate and discuss the evolution of surveillance and hazard communication.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49197288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-05-09DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.01.163181
N. Ligot, A. Guevara, P. Delmelle
{"title":"Drivers of crop impacts from tephra fallout: Insights from interviews with farming communities around Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador","authors":"N. Ligot, A. Guevara, P. Delmelle","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.01.163181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.01.163181","url":null,"abstract":"Agriculture is an economic and social pillar for the least developed countries. When these regions host volcanoes that exhibit explosive behaviour, a serious risk for agricultural production arises as crops endure various impacts from tephra fall. In order to gain new insights into the factors that govern tephra impacts on crops, we collected farmers’ perceptions of crop damage and production loss due to exposure to tephra fallout in 15 villages affected by the 1999–2014 eruptions of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador. Crop type and developmental stage - both influenced by altitude - strongly modulate the level of tephra-induced impact. Using these observations, we illustrate how crop vulnerability fluctuates spatially and temporarily in the surveyed area. The study also highlights that fine tephra (<63μm) is more harmful to crops than coarser particles. Farmers have responded to the tephra hazard by favouring crops more resistant to tephra, a practice that has reduced crop diversity.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41460263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VolcanicaPub Date : 2022-05-05DOI: 10.30909/vol.05.01.133161
S. Burchardt, Birgir V. Óskarsson, L. Gustafsson, Sylvia E. Berg, M. Riishuus
{"title":"Geology of a Neogene caldera cluster in the Borgarfjörður eystri–Loðmundarfjörður area, Eastern Iceland","authors":"S. Burchardt, Birgir V. Óskarsson, L. Gustafsson, Sylvia E. Berg, M. Riishuus","doi":"10.30909/vol.05.01.133161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.05.01.133161","url":null,"abstract":"The Borgarfjörður eystri–Loðmundarfjörður area in Eastern Iceland hosts several volcanic centres in a relatively small area. Large volumes of silicic, as well as an unusual amount of intermediate rocks, occur in this area, alongside other volcanic and sub-volcanic features that formed in the Miocene between 14 and 12:2 Ma. We compiled the first comprehensive geological map of the area and summarise the geology based on more than 40 years of fieldwork. We identify regionally extensive marker horizons that comprise intermediate (icelandite) and mafic (olivine basalt and porphyritic basalt) lavas. These marker horizons, along with new paleomagnetic data and some previous radiogenic dating, allow us to bracket a phase of magmatic activity that is one of the oldest in Eastern Iceland. We describe the prominent features of the volcanic centres, including remnants of collapse calderas in Njarðvík, Dyrfjöll, Breðuvík and other ignimbrite-producing vent structures in Kækjuskörð and Herfell. Notably, the area also contains extremely well exposed examples of volcanic vents, cone sheets, and unique caldera-lake sediments. We conclude with open questions to inspire future research on this understudied area.","PeriodicalId":33053,"journal":{"name":"Volcanica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45218060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}