Hidden pressurized fluids prior to the 2014 phreatic eruption at Mt Ontake

Corentin Caudron; Yosuke Aoki; Thomas Lecocq; Raphael De Plaen; Jean Soubestre; Aurelien Mordret; Leonard Seydoux; Toshiko Terakawa

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32252-w

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Hidden pressurized fluids prior to the 2014 phreatic eruption at Mt Ontake

Corentin Caudron,
Yosuke Aoki,
Thomas Lecocq,
Raphael De Plaen,
Jean Soubestre,
Aurelien Mordret,
Leonard Seydoux,
Toshiko Terakawa

Affiliations

Corentin Caudron: Université Libre de Bruxelles
Yosuke Aoki: Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Thomas Lecocq: Seismology- Gravimetry Department, Royal Observatory of Belgium
Raphael De Plaen: Seismology- Gravimetry Department, Royal Observatory of Belgium
Jean Soubestre: Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (Involcan), Granadilla de Abona
Aurelien Mordret: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, Univ. Gustave Eiffel, ISTerre
Leonard Seydoux: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, Univ. Gustave Eiffel, ISTerre
Toshiko Terakawa: Nagoya University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32252-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Phreatic volcanic eruptions can be unexpected and devastating. Here the authors, using seismic-based methodologies, find that pressurized fluids accumulated 5 months before the deadly phreatic eruption at Mt Ontake; a period previously considered as completely quiescent.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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