On depressurization of volcanic magma reservoirs by passive degassing

• Main Authors: Newhall, Chris, Taisne, Benoit, Girona, Társilo, Costa, Fidel
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104378; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24699
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Many active volcanoes around the world alternate episodes of unrest and mildly explosive eruptions with quiescent periods dominated by abundant but passive gas emissions. These are the so-called persistently degassing volcanoes, and well-known examples are Mayon (Philippines) and Etna (Italy). Here,...