Hidden pressurized fluids prior to the 2014 phreatic eruption at Mt Ontake

oleh: Corentin Caudron, Yosuke Aoki, Thomas Lecocq, Raphael De Plaen, Jean Soubestre, Aurelien Mordret, Leonard Seydoux, Toshiko Terakawa

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01

Deskripsi

Phreatic volcanic eruptions can be unexpected and devastating. Here the authors, using seismic-based methodologies, find that pressurized fluids accumulated 5 months before the deadly phreatic eruption at Mt Ontake; a period previously considered as completely quiescent.