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Periodic volcanic degassing behavior: The Mount Etna example
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Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
1.2. TTC - Sorveglianza geochimica delle aree vulcaniche attive
Status
Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Peer review journal
Yes
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
/40 (2013)
ISSN
0094-8276
Electronic ISSN
1944-8007
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
Pages (printed)
4818–4822
Issued date
2013
Abstract
In contrast to the seismic and infrasonic energy released
from quiescent and erupting volcanoes, which have long been
known to manifest episodes of highly periodic behavior,
the spectral properties of volcanic gas flux time series
remain poorly constrained, due to a previous lack of hightemporal
resolution gas-sensing techniques. Here we report
on SO2 flux measurements, performed on Mount Etna
with a novel UV imaging technique of unprecedented
sampling frequency (0.5 Hz), which reveal, for the first
time, a rapid periodic structure in degassing from this
target. These gas flux modulations have considerable
temporal variability in their characteristics and involve two
period bands: 40–250 and 500–1200 s. A notable correlation
between gas flux fluctuations in the latter band and
contemporaneous seismic root-mean-square values suggests
that this degassing behavior may be generated by periodic
bursting of rising gas bubble trains at the magma-air interface.
from quiescent and erupting volcanoes, which have long been
known to manifest episodes of highly periodic behavior,
the spectral properties of volcanic gas flux time series
remain poorly constrained, due to a previous lack of hightemporal
resolution gas-sensing techniques. Here we report
on SO2 flux measurements, performed on Mount Etna
with a novel UV imaging technique of unprecedented
sampling frequency (0.5 Hz), which reveal, for the first
time, a rapid periodic structure in degassing from this
target. These gas flux modulations have considerable
temporal variability in their characteristics and involve two
period bands: 40–250 and 500–1200 s. A notable correlation
between gas flux fluctuations in the latter band and
contemporaneous seismic root-mean-square values suggests
that this degassing behavior may be generated by periodic
bursting of rising gas bubble trains at the magma-air interface.
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