Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Responding to eruptive transitions during the 2020–2021 eruption of La Soufrière volcano, St. Vincent

  • E. P. Joseph,
  • M. Camejo-Harry,
  • T. Christopher,
  • R. Contreras-Arratia,
  • S. Edwards,
  • O. Graham,
  • M. Johnson,
  • A. Juman,
  • J. L. Latchman,
  • L. Lynch,
  • V. L. Miller,
  • I. Papadopoulos,
  • K. Pascal,
  • R. Robertson,
  • G. A. Ryan,
  • A. Stinton,
  • R. Grandin,
  • I. Hamling,
  • M-J. Jo,
  • J. Barclay,
  • P. Cole,
  • B. V. Davies,
  • R. S. J. Sparks

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31901-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The 2020 – 2021 eruption of La Soufrière volcano transitioned from an effusive to explosive eruption style. Here the authors show that input from multiple monitoring datasets and an evolving conceptual model were key to anticipating and responding to the eruptive transition at the La Soufrière volcano, St. Vincent, in a resource-constrained setting.