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Authors: Aravena, Álvaro* 
Cioni, Raffaello* 
Coppola, Diego* 
de' Michieli Vitturi, Mattia* 
Neri, Augusto* 
Pistolesi, Marco* 
Ripepe, Maurizio* 
Title: Effusion Rate Evolution During Small‐Volume Basaltic Eruptions: Insights From Numerical Modeling
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 
Series/Report no.: / 125 (2020)
Publisher: Wiley Agu
Issue Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1029/2019JB019301
Keywords: effusive eruption
basaltic eruptions
numerical modeling
Subject Classification04.08. Volcanology 
Abstract: The temporal evolution of effusion rate is the main controlling factor of lava spreading and emplacement conditions. Therefore, it represents the most relevant parameter for characterizing the dynamics of effusive eruptions and thus for assessing the volcanic hazard associated with this type of volcanism. Since the effusion rate curves can provide important insights into the properties of the magma feeding system, several efforts have been performed for their classification and interpretation. Here, a recently published numerical model is employed for studying the effects of magma source and feeding dike properties on the main characteristics (e.g., duration, erupted mass, and effusion rate trend) of small‐volume effusive eruptions, in the absence of syn‐eruptive magma injection from deeper storages. We show that the total erupted mass is mainly controlled by magma reservoir conditions (i.e., dimensions and overpressure) prior to the eruption, whereas conduit processes along with reservoir properties can significantly affect mean effusion rate, and thus, they dramatically influence eruption duration. Simulations reproduce a wide variety of effusion rate trends, whose occurrence is controlled by the complex competition between conduit enlargement and overpressure decrease due to magma withdrawal. These effusion rate curves were classified in four groups, which were associated with the different types described in the literature. Results agree with the traditional explanation of effusion rate curves and provide new insights for interpreting them, highlighting the importance of magma reservoir size, initial overpressure, and initial width of the feeding dike in controlling the nature of the resulting effusion rate curve.
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