ERUPTION OF THE VOLCANO KILAUEA. SEISMICAGRAVITY PROCESSES AND GRAVITOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES, FIXED AT THE VOLCANO ACTIVATION STAGE

Abstract

An analysis is made of the developing eruption of the shield Kilauea volcano, which significantly influenced the natural environment of the Hawaiian archipelago. The main attention in the article is focused on seismic gravity processes caused by the transformation of large-scale rock formations in the structures of the Hawaiian plume that formed the archipelago. The intensification of seismic gravity processes in the area of volcanic construction contributed to the development of focal formations and, as a result, gave rise to disturbances in variations of the Earth's magnetic field. The seismic gravity process and gravitomagnetic disturbances were successfully recorded by the hardware complexes of the North Caucasus Geophysical Observatory of the IPE RAS at the stage of preparing a strong earthquake, the source of which was formed in the Kilauea volcanic structure. It was experimentally found that before the earthquake in the bowels of the volcanic structure of the erupting Kilauea volcano, separate large-scale geological structures began to form, responsible for the development of seismic gravity processes and gravitomagnetic disturbances, which preceded the main shock. The recorded instrumental prognostic effects appeared here several hours before the main blow. An analysis of the experimental data obtained by the hardware complexes of the North Caucasus Geophysical Observatory of the IPE RAS and the published representative scientific material reflecting the geodynamic processes in the area of the Kilauea volcanic structure allows us to make reasonable conclusions that the study of a separate class of seismic gravity processes today becomes a determining problem in geophysics, volcanology and geoecology. Observed processes and disturbances can be classified as short-term harbingers of a developing environmental disaster in the Hawaii archipelago.

Keywords

• kilauea volcano
• eruption
• gravitomagnetic disturbances
• seismic gravity processes