Moussallam, Y;
Peters, N;
Masias, P;
Apaza, F;
Barnie, T;
Ian Schipper, C;
Curtis, A;
... Oppenheimer, C; + view all
(2017)
Magmatic gas percolation through the old lava dome of El Misti volcano.
Bulletin of Volcanology
, 79
, Article 46. 10.1007/s00445-017-1129-5.
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Abstract
The proximity of the major city of Arequipa to El Misti has focused attention on the hazards posed by the active volcano. Since its last major eruption in the fifteenth century, El Misti has experienced a series of modest phreatic eruptions and fluctuating fumarolic activity. Here, we present the first measurements of the compositions of gas emitted from the lava dome in the summit crater. The gas composition is found to be fairly dry with a H2O/SO2 molar ratio of 32 ± 3, a CO2/SO2 molar ratio of 2.7 ± 0.2, a H2S/SO2 molar ratio of 0.23 ± 0.02 and a H2/SO2 molar ratio of 0.012 ± 0.002. This magmatic gas signature with minimal evidence of hydrothermal or wall rock interaction points to a shallow magma source that is efficiently outgassing through a permeable conduit and lava dome. Field and satellite observations show no evolution of the lava dome over the last decade, indicating sustained outgassing through an established fracture network. This stability could be disrupted if dome permeability were to be reduced by annealing or occlusion of outgassing pathways. Continued monitoring of gas composition and flux at El Misti will be essential to determine the evolution of hazard potential at this dangerous volcano.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Magmatic gas percolation through the old lava dome of El Misti volcano |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00445-017-1129-5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-017-1129-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Volcanic hazard, Arequipa, Outgassing, ASTER, Multi-GAS, Trail by fire |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074857 |
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