Unique strainmeter observations of Vulcanian explosions, Soufrière hills volcano, Montserrat, July 2003

• Main Authors: Sacks, S., Linde, A., Chardot, L., Foroozan, R., Malin, P., McWhorter, N., Shalev, E., Sparks, R. S. J., Young, S. R., Clarke, A. B., Voight, Barry, Hidayat, Dannie, Elsworth, Derek, Mattioli, Glen, Widiwijayanti, Christina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94958; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8811
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Five Vulcanian explosions were triggered by collapse of the Soufrière Hills Volcano lava dome in 2003. We report strainmeter data for three explosions, characterized by four stages: a short transition between the onset of disturbance and a pronounced change in strain; a quasi-linear ramp accounting...