scholarly journals Scientists Discover Stromboli-Like Eruption on Volcanic Moon

Eos ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
JoAnna Wendel
Keyword(s):  
Lava Fountains ◽  
Lava Lakes

Jupiter’s moon Io is known for its lava fountains and roiling lava lakes, but scientists had never seen such an intense eruption in their data until now.

TEMPERATURES AND BEHAVIORS OF LAVA LAKES FROM FIELD OBSERVATIONS AND COMPARISONS WITH IO

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jani Radebaugh ◽  
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Rosaly Lopes ◽  
Robert Howell ◽  
Ralph Lorenz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Observations ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Lava Lakes

scholarly journals Anatomy of a Paroxysmal Lava Fountain at Etna Volcano: The Case of the 12 March 2021, Episode

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3052
Author(s):  
Sonia Calvari ◽  
Alessandro Bonaccorso ◽  
Gaetana Ganci
Keyword(s):  
Lava Flow ◽  
Ground Deformation ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Lava Flows ◽  
Etna Volcano ◽  
Lava Fountain ◽  
Eruptive Episode ◽  
Lava Fountains ◽  
Borehole Strainmeter ◽  
Ash Plume

On 13 December 2020, Etna volcano entered a new eruptive phase, giving rise to a number of paroxysmal episodes involving increased Strombolian activity from the summit craters, lava fountains feeding several-km high eruptive columns and ash plumes, as well as lava flows. As of 2 August 2021, 57 such episodes have occurred in 2021, all of them from the New Southeast Crater (NSEC). Each paroxysmal episode lasted a few hours and was sometimes preceded (but more often followed) by lava flow output from the crater rim lasting a few hours. In this paper, we use remote sensing data from the ground and satellite, integrated with ground deformation data recorded by a high precision borehole strainmeter to characterize the 12 March 2021 eruptive episode, which was one of the most powerful (and best recorded) among that occurred since 13 December 2020. We describe the formation and growth of the lava fountains, and the way they feed the eruptive column and the ash plume, using data gathered from the INGV visible and thermal camera monitoring network, compared with satellite images. We show the growth of the lava flow field associated with the explosive phase obtained from a fixed thermal monitoring camera. We estimate the erupted volume of pyroclasts from the heights of the lava fountains measured by the cameras, and the erupted lava flow volume from the satellite-derived radiant heat flux. We compare all erupted volumes (pyroclasts plus lava flows) with the total erupted volume inferred from the volcano deflation recorded by the borehole strainmeter, obtaining a total erupted volume of ~3 × 106 m3 of magma constrained by the strainmeter. This volume comprises ~1.6 × 106 m3 of pyroclasts erupted during the lava fountain and 2.4 × 106 m3 of lava flow, with ~30% of the erupted pyroclasts being remobilized as rootless lava to feed the lava flows. The episode lasted 130 min and resulted in an eruption rate of ~385 m3 s−1 and caused the formation of an ash plume rising from the margins of the lava fountain that rose up to 12.6 km a.s.l. in ~1 h. The maximum elevation of the ash plume was well constrained by an empirical formula that can be used for prompt hazard assessment.

The crystallization of lava lakes

1993 ◽  
Vol 98 (B9) ◽  
pp. 15891 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Grae Worster ◽  
Herbert E. Huppert ◽  
R. Stephen J. Sparks
Keyword(s):  
Lava Lakes

Micro-forms of hay-silica glass and of volcanic glass

1968 ◽  
Vol 36 (283) ◽  
pp. 1012-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Baker
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Silica Glass ◽  
Volcanic Glass ◽  
Volcanic Eruptions ◽  
North West ◽  
South West ◽  
Deep Sea Sediments ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Lava Fountains

SummaryIn view of recently reported microtektites in deep-sea sediments north-west, south-west, and south of Australia, attention is drawn to the occurrence of minute forms of hay-silica glass among the products of incineration of opal-bearing vegetation in haystacks, and to the minute forms of volcanic glass ejected in lava fountains. These terrestrial micro-forms of glass have properties within the range of those for the fossil glassy bodies named ‘microtektites’. It is possible that the fusion of opal contained in silica-accumulator plants during fierce, prehistoric forest, bush, and grass fires in Australia generated micro-forms of glass that became readily airborne and drifted away in up-currents. Carried by the south-east Trades, they would ultimately descend over the Wharton Basin in the Indian Ocean. Strong to violent northerlies and north-easterlies (Brickfielder Winds) would carry them over the ocean south and south-west of Australia. Thus they could contribute to the deposits of bodies of glass regarded as microtektites in deep-sea sediments. Many microbodies of glass in the Wharton Basin could have had their origin in the Javanese volcanic eruptions.

scholarly journals Atlantic lava lakes and hot vents

Nature ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 377 (6546) ◽  
pp. 201-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Fouquet ◽  
H. Ondréas ◽  
J. -L. Charlou ◽  
J. -P. Donval ◽  
J. Radford-Knoery ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lava Lakes
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