Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/7501
Authors: Longo, A.* 
Papale, P.* 
Vassalli, M.* 
Saccorotti, G.* 
Montagna, C. P.* 
Cassioli, A.* 
Giudice, S.* 
Boschi, E.* 
Title: Magma convection and mixing dynamics as a source of Ultra-Long-Period oscillations
Journal: Bulletin of volcanology 
Series/Report no.: 4/74 (2012)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Issue Date: 2012
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0570-0
URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k7684j76p622326h/
Keywords: Magma dynamics
Magma convection
Magma mixing
ULP ground displacement
Subject Classification04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.03. Magmas 
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.04. Thermodynamics 
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring 
Abstract: Many volcanic eruptions are shortly preceded by injection of new magma into a pre-existing, shallow (<10 km) magma chamber, causing convection and mixing between the incoming and resident magmas. These processes may trigger dyke propagation and further magma rise, inducing long-term (days to months) volcano deformation, seismic swarms, gravity anomalies, and changes in the composition of volcanic plumes and fumaroles, eventually culminating in an eruption. Although new magma injection into shallow magma chambers can lead to hazardous event, such injection is still not systematically detected and recognized. Here, we present the results of numerical simulations of magma convection and mixing in geometrically complex magmatic systems, and describe the multiparametric dynamics associated with buoyant magma injection. Our results reveal unexpected pressure trends and pressure oscillations in the Ultra-Long-Period (ULP) range of minutes, related to the generation of discrete plumes of rising magma. Very long pressure oscillation wavelengths translate into comparably ULP ground displacements with amplitudes of order 10−4–10−2 m. Thus, new magma injection into magma chambers beneath volcanoes can be revealed by ULP ground displacement measured at the surface.
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