| Abstract: | The 2004-05 eruption of Mount St Helens exhibited sustained, near-equilibrium behaviour characterized by relatively steady extrusion of a solid dacite plug and nearly periodic shallow earthquakes. Here we present a diverse data set to support our hypothesis that these earthquakes resulted from stick-slip motion along the margins of the plug as it was forced incrementally upwards by ascending, solidifying, gas-poor magma. We formalize this hypothesis with a dynamical model that reveals a strong analogy between behaviour of the magma-plug system and that of a variably damped oscillator. Modelled stick-slip oscillations have properties that help constrain the balance of forces governing the earthquakes and eruption, and they imply that magma pressure never deviated much from the steady equilibrium pressure. We infer that the volcano was probably poised in a near-eruptive equilibrium state long before the onset of the 2004-05 eruption. ??2006 Nature Publishing Group. |
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| Citation Author: | Iverson, R. M.; Dzurisin, D.; Gardner, C. A.; Gerlach, T. M.; LaHusen, R. G.; Lisowski, M.; Major, J. J.; Malone, S. D.; Messerich, J. A.; Moran, S. C.; Pallister, J. S.; Qamar, A. I.; Schilling, S. P.; Vallance, J. W. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Dynamics of seismogenic volcanic extrusion at Mount St Helens in 2004-05; 2006; Article; Journal; Nature; Iverson, R. M.; Dzurisin, D.; Gardner, C. A.; Gerlach, T. M.; LaHusen, R. G.; Lisowski, M.; Major, J. J.; Malone, S. D.; Messerich, J. A.; Moran, S. C.; Pallister, J. S.; Qamar, A. I.; Schilling, S. P.; Vallance, J. W. |
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| Citation Year: | 2006 |
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| Text: | Dynamics of seismogenic volcanic extrusion at Mount St Helens in 2004-05; 2006; Article; Journal; Nature; Iverson, R. M.; Dzurisin, D.; Gardner, C. A.; Gerlach, T. M.; LaHusen, R. G.; Lisowski, M.; Major, J. J.; Malone, S. D.; Messerich, J. A.; Moran, S. C.; Pallister, J. S.; Qamar, A. I.; Schilling, S. P.; Vallance, J. W. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05322 |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:00 -0600 |
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