Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2022)

Phreatic volcanic eruption preceded by observable shallow groundwater flow at Iwo-Yama, Kirishima Volcanic Complex, Japan

  • Koki Aizawa,
  • Dan Muramatsu,
  • Takeshi Matsushima,
  • Takao Koyama,
  • Makoto Uyeshima,
  • Shigeru Nakao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00515-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Electric field changes generated by the movement of shallow groundwater can be regarded as a precursor to phreatic volcanic eruptions, according to near-vent geophysical observations of Iwo-Yama volcano in the Kirishima complex, Japan.