Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Monitoring eruption activity using temporal stress changes at Mount Ontake volcano

  • Toshiko Terakawa,
  • Aitaro Kato,
  • Yoshiko Yamanaka,
  • Yuta Maeda,
  • Shinichiro Horikawa,
  • Kenjiro Matsuhiro,
  • Takashi Okuda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10797
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Volcanic activity is often accompanied by small earthquakes, with focal mechanisms indicating stress state beneath volcanoes. Here, the authors demonstrate that quantitative evaluation of temporal stress changes is an effective tool for eruption monitoring.