Towards scientific forecasting of magmatic eruptions

V Acocella, M Ripepe, E Rivalta, A Peltier… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Forecasting eruptions is a fundamental goal of volcanology. However, difficulties in
identifying eruptive precursors, fragmented approaches and lack of resources make eruption …

Diverse magma storage and major and volatile magma composition: What are the implications on the eruptive style across a volcanic arc? An example of the Lesser …

A Metcalfe, S Moune, JC Komorowski, R Robertson… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding variations in eruptive style and defining the processes and controls on
different eruption styles is particularly important at arc volcanoes. This is due to the range of …

Monitoring volcano deformation at La Soufrière, St Vincent during the 2020–21 eruption with insights into its magma plumbing system architecture

M Camejo-Harry, K Pascal, P Euillades… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Measurements of surface deformation provide valuable insight into sub-volcanic processes
operating before, during and after eruptions. Here, we investigate the drivers behind the …

Explosive sequence of La Soufrière, St Vincent, April 2021: insights into drivers and consequences via eruptive products

PD Cole, J Barclay, REA Robertson… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
This paper forensically reconstructs the timings, impacts and processes that drove the
sequence of explosive eruptions of La Soufrière, St Vincent in April 2021 using a …

Analysis of magma flux and eruption intensity during the 2021 explosive activity at La Soufrière, St Vincent, West Indies

SRJ Sparks, WP Aspinall, J Barclay… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract Real-time Seismic Amplitude Measurement signals and eruption cloud height
measurements were used to estimate peak intensities of 40 explosive events during the 8 …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid pre-explosion increase in dome extrusion rate at La Soufrière, St. Vincent quantified from synthetic aperture radar backscatter

EW Dualeh, SK Ebmeier, TJ Wright, MP Poland… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The extrusion rate of a lava dome is a critical parameter for monitoring silicic eruptions and
forecasting their development. Satellite radar backscatter can provide unique information …

SO2 emissions during the 2021 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent, revealed with back-trajectory analysis of TROPOMI imagery

B Esse, M Burton, C Hayer… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Determining SO2 emission time-series from explosive eruptions can provide important
insights into the driving magmatic processes, however accurate measurements are difficult …

Petrology of the 2020–21 effusive to explosive eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St Vincent: insights into plumbing system architecture and magma assembly …

G Weber, J Blundy, J Barclay, DM Pyle… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The 2020–21 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent began with extrusion of a viscous
lava dome, which was destroyed upon transition to a major explosive phase. Here we …

Stratospheric aerosol size reduction after volcanic eruptions

F Wrana, U Niemeier, LW Thomason… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
The stratospheric aerosol layer plays an important role in the radiative balance of Earth
primarily through scattering of solar radiation. The magnitude of this effect depends critically …

[HTML][HTML] The role of pre-eruptive gas segregation on co-eruptive deformation and SO2 emissions

STH Yip, J Biggs, M Edmonds, P Liggins - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of exsolved gas bubbles influences measurements of both volcanic surface
deformation and SO 2 emissions. In a closed-system, exsolved volatiles remain within the …