Publication Date:
2020-10-23
Description:
In December 2018, Mount Etna (Italy) experienced a period of increased eruptive activity that
culminated in a fissure eruption on the southeast flank. After the onset of the flank eruption, the peak
frequency of the summit infrasound signals decreased while resonance increased. We invert infrasound
observations for crater geometry and show that crater depth and radius increased during the eruption, which
suggests that the flank eruption drained magma from the summit and that eruptive activity led to erosion
of the crater wall. By inverting the entire infrasound amplitude spectra rather than just the peak frequency,
we are able to place additional constraints on the crater geometry and invert for, rather than assume, the
crater shape. This work illustrates how harmonic infrasound observations can be used to obtain hightemporal‐
resolution information about crater geometry and can place constraints on complex processes
occurring in the inaccessible crater region during eruptive activity.
Description:
Published
Description:
e2020GL088077
Description:
2V. Struttura e sistema di alimentazione dei vulcani
Description:
JCR Journal
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
