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Authors: Pering, T. D.* 
Tamburello, G.* 
McGonigle, A. J. S.* 
Aiuppa, A.* 
James, M. R.* 
Lane, S. J.* 
Sciotto, M.* 
Cannata, A.* 
Patanè, D.* 
Title: Dynamics of mild strombolian activity on Mt. Etna
Journal: Journal of volcanology and geothermal research 
Series/Report no.: /300 (2015)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Limited
Issue Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.12.013
Keywords: Mild strombolian activity
Ultra-violet imaging
Volcanic gas measurements
Slug dynamics
Subject Classification04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.08. Volcano seismology 
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring 
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.07. Instruments and techniques 
Abstract: Here we report the first measurements of gas masses released during a rare period of strombolian activity at the Bocca Nuova crater, Mt. Etna, Sicily. UV camera data acquired for 195 events over an ≈27 minute period (27th July 2012) indicate erupted SO2 masses ranging from ≈0.1 to ≈14 kg per event, with corresponding total gas masses of ≈0.1 to 74 kg. Thus, the activity was characterised by more frequent and smaller events than typically associated with strombolian activity on volcanoes such as Stromboli. Events releasing larger measured gas masses were followed by relatively long repose periods before the following burst, a feature not previously reported on from gas measurement data. If we assume that gas transport within the magma can be represented by a train of rising gas pockets or slugs, then the high frequency of events indicates that these slugs must have been in close proximity. In this case the longer repose durations associated with the larger slugs would be consistent with interactions between adjacent slugs leading to coalescence, a process expedited close to the surface by rapid slug expansion. We apply basic modelling considerations to the measured gas masses in order to investigate potential slug characteristics governing the observed activity.We also cross correlated the acquired gas fluxes with contemporaneously obtained seismic data but found no relationship between the series in line with the mild form of manifest explosivity.
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