Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Magmatic plumbing and dynamic evolution of the 2021 La Palma eruption

  • Carmen del Fresno,
  • Simone Cesca,
  • Andreas Klügel,
  • Itahiza Domínguez Cerdeña,
  • Eduardo A. Díaz-Suárez,
  • Torsten Dahm,
  • Laura García-Cañada,
  • Stavros Meletlidis,
  • Claus Milkereit,
  • Carla Valenzuela-Malebrán,
  • Rubén López-Díaz,
  • Carmen López

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35953-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In a new study, the authors use seismological methods to understand the eruption of La Palma 2021. Results suggest a preparatory phase of de-stabilisation of a mushy reservoir, and a co-eruptive phase with seismicity controlled by the drainage and interplay of two reservoirs.