Monitoring very-long-period seismicity at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Geophysical Research Letters
By: , and 

Links

Abstract

On 19 March, 2008 eruptive activity returned to the summit of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii with the formation of a new vent within the Halemaumau pit crater. The new vent has been gradually increasing in size, and exhibiting sustained degassing and the episodic bursting of gas slugs at the surface of a lava pond ∼200 m below the floor of Halemaumau. The spectral characteristics, source location obtained by radial semblance, and Hidden Markov Model pattern recognition of the degassing burst signals are consistent with an increase in gas content in the magma transport system beginning in October, 2007. This increase plateaus between March – September 2008, and exhibits a fluctuating pattern until 31 January, 2010, suggesting that the release of gas is slowly diminishing over time.

Study Area

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Monitoring very-long-period seismicity at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Series title Geophysical Research Letters
DOI 10.1029/2010GL044418
Volume 37
Issue 18
Year Published 2010
Language English
Publisher Wiley
Contributing office(s) Volcano Science Center
Description L18306, 6 p.
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Geophysical Research Letters
Country United States
State Hawai'i
Other Geospatial Kilauea Volcano
Google Analytic Metrics Metrics page
Additional publication details