Magma degassing triggered by static decompression at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

Details Magma degassing triggered by static decompression at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i Magma degassing triggered by static decompression at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

Aug 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3616306p&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 16, CiteID L16306

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Volcanology: Volcano Monitoring (7280), Volcanology: Volcanic Hazards And Risks, Volcanology: Volcanic Gases, Geodesy And Gravity: Seismic Cycle Related Deformations (6924, 7209, 7223, 7230), Volcanology: Eruption Mechanisms And Flow Emplacement

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During mid-June 2007, the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, deflated rapidly as magma drained from the subsurface to feed an east rift zone intrusion and eruption. Coincident with the deflation, summit SO2 emission rates rose by a factor of four before decaying to background levels over several weeks. We propose that SO2 release was triggered by static decompression caused by magma withdrawal from Kīlauea's shallow summit reservoir. Models of the deflation suggest a pressure drop of 0.5-3 MPa, which is sufficient to trigger exsolution of the observed excess SO2 from a relatively small volume of magma at the modeled source depth beneath Kīlauea's summit. Static decompression may also explain other episodes of deflation accompanied by heightened gas emission, including the precursory phases of Kīlauea's 2008 summit eruption. Hazards associated with unexpected volcanic gas emission argue for increased awareness of magma reservoir pressure fluctuations.

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