Volcanic Tremor Tracks Changes in Multi-Vent Activity at Mt. Etna, Italy: Evidence From Analyses of Seismic Array Data



Zuccarello, L, De Angelis, S ORCID: 0000-0003-2636-3056, Minio, V, Saccorotti, G, Bean, CJ, Paratore, M and Ibanez, JM
(2022) Volcanic Tremor Tracks Changes in Multi-Vent Activity at Mt. Etna, Italy: Evidence From Analyses of Seismic Array Data. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 49 (22).

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The mild degassing and effusion that characterizes open‐vent volcanoes can be interrupted by episodes of sustained explosive activity known as paroxysms. Here, we present observations from a seismic array deployment during the 2021 eruption of Mt. Etna, Italy. During the observation period, degassing dominated surface activity at the central and northeast summit craters; lava flows, Strombolian explosions, and fire fountaining, accompanied by ash plumes, characterized eruption in the southeast sector of Mt. Etna. Seismic array locations showed changes associated with shifts in the style and location of activity across multiple craters at Mt. Etna. We observed changes in array locations between the north‐northeast and southeast directions that consistently anticipated the onset of paroxysmal activity in the southeast sector. Our results demonstrate the potential of seismic arrays to resolve vent‐specific activity and shed light on precursory patterns leading up to paroxysmal activity.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: array techniques, degassing and explosive activity, Etna, Mt, multivent volcano, seismo-acoustic data set, tremor source tracking
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 23 Nov 2022 10:50
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2023 03:16
DOI: 10.1029/2022GL100056
Open Access URL: http://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100056
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3166337