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    Turmoil at Turrialba volcano (Costa Rica): Degassing and eruptive behavior inferred from high-frequency gas monitoring (2016)
    AGU (American Geophysical Union) | Wiley
    In:  Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121 (8). pp. 5761-5775.
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    Publication Date: 2019-09-23
    Description: Eruptive activity at Turrialba volcano (Costa Rica) has escalated significantly since 2014, causing airport and school closures in the capital city of San José. Whether or not new magma is involved in the current unrest seems probable but remains a matter of debate as ash deposits are dominated by hydrothermal material. Here, we use high frequency gas monitoring to track the behavior of the volcano between 2014 and 2015, and to decipher magmatic vs. hydrothermal contributions to the eruptions. Pulses of deeply-derived CO2-rich gas (CO2/Stotal 〉 4.5) precede explosive activity, providing a clear precursor to eruptive periods that occurs up to two weeks before eruptions, which are accompanied by shallowly derived sulfur-rich magmatic gas emissions. Degassing modeling suggests that the deep magmatic reservoir is ~8-10 km deep, whereas the shallow magmatic gas source is at ~3-5 km. Two cycles of degassing and eruption are observed, each attributed to pulses of magma ascending through the deep reservoir to shallow crustal levels. The magmatic degassing signals were overprinted by a fluid contribution from the shallow hydrothermal system, modifying the gas compositions, contributing volatiles to the emissions, and reflecting complex processes of scrubbing, displacement, and volatilization. H2S/SO2 varies over two orders of magnitude through the monitoring period and demonstrates that the first eruptive episode involved hydrothermal gases whereas the second did not. Massive degassing ( 〉3000 T/day SO2 and H2S/SO2 〉 1) followed, suggesting boiling off of the hydrothermal system. The gas emissions show a remarkable shift to purely magmatic composition (H2S/SO2 〈 0.05) during the second eruptive period, reflecting the depletion of the hydrothermal system or the establishment of high temperature conduits bypassing remnant hydrothermal reservoirs, and the transition from phreatic to phreatomagmatic eruptive activity.
    Type: Article , PeerReviewed , info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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    DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013150
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    First In-Situ Measurements of Plume Chemistry at Mount Garet Volcano, Island of Gaua (Vanuatu) (2020)
    MDPI
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    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Description: Recent volcanic gas compilations have urged the need to expand in-situ plume measurements to poorly studied, remote volcanic regions. Despite being recognized as one of the main volcanic epicenters on the planet, the Vanuatu arc remains poorly characterized for its subaerial emissions and their chemical imprints. Here, we report on the first plume chemistry data for Mount Garet, on the island of Gaua, one of the few persistent volatile emitters along the Vanuatu arc. Data were collected with a multi-component gas analyzer system (multi-GAS) during a field campaign in December 2018. The average volcanic gas chemistry is characterized by mean molar CO2/SO2, H2O/SO2, H2S/SO2 and H2/SO2 ratios of 0.87, 47.2, 0.13 and 0.01, respectively. Molar proportions in the gas plume are estimated at 95.9 11.6, 1.8 0.5, 2.0 0.01, 0.26 0.02 and 0.06 0.01, for H2O, CO2, SO2, H2S and H2. Using the satellite-based 10-year (2005–2015) averaged SO2 flux of ~434 t d􀀀1 for Mt. Garet, we estimate a total volatile output of about 6482 t d􀀀1 (CO2 ~259 t d􀀀1; H2O ~5758 t d􀀀1; H2S ~30 t d􀀀1; H2 ~0.5 t d􀀀1). This may be representative of a quiescent, yet persistent degassing period at Mt. Garet; whilst, as indicated by SO2 flux reports for the 2009–2010 unrest, emissions can be much higher during eruptive episodes. Our estimated emission rates and gas composition for Mount Garet provide insightful information on volcanic gas signatures in the northernmost part of the Vanuatu Arc Segment. The apparent CO2-poor signature of high-temperature plume degassing at Mount Garet raises questions on the nature of sediments being subducted in this region of the arc and the possible role of the slab as the source of subaerial CO2. In order to better address the dynamics of along-arc volatile recycling, more volcanic gas surveys are needed focusing on northern Vanuatu volcanoes.
    Description: This research was conducted as part of the Trail by Fire II—Closing the Ring Project (PI: Y. Moussallam) funded by the National Geographic Society (grant number CP-122R-17), the Rolex Awards for Enterprise and the French national Research Institute for Development (IRD). J.L. also acknowledges travel funding support from Ministero dell’istruzione, dell’università e della ricerca (MIUR;) under grant n. PRIN2017-2017LMNLAW).
    Description: Published
    Description: id 7293
    Description: 4V. Processi pre-eruttivi
    Description: JCR Journal
    Keywords: Vanuatu ; Gaua ; Mount Garet ; Multi-GAS ; volcanic gas composition ; volatile fluxes ; 04.08. Volcanology
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Characterisation of the magmatic signature in gas emissions from Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica (2020)
    EGU - Copernicus
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    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Description: The equilibrium composition of volcanic gaseswith their magma is often overprinted by interaction with ashallow hydrothermal system. Identifying the magmatic sig-nature of volcanic gases is critical to relate their composi-tion to properties of the magma (temperature,fO2, gas-meltsegregation depth). We report measurements of the chemi-cal composition and flux of the major gas species emittedfrom Turrialba Volcano during March 2013. Measurementswere made of two vents in the summit region, one of whichopened in 2010 and the other in 2012. We determined an av-erage SO2flux of 5.2±1.9 kg s−1using scanning ultravio-let spectroscopy, and molar proportions of H2O, CO2, SO2,HCl, CO and H2gases of 94.16, 4.03, 1.56, 0.23, 0.003 and0.009 % respectively by open-path Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectrometry and a multi-species gas-sensing system.Together, these data imply fluxes of 88, 8, 0.44, 5×10−3and1×10−3kg s−1for H2O, CO2, HCl, CO and H2respectively.Although H2S was detected, its concentration could not beresolved. HF was not detected. The chemical signature of thegas from both vents was found to be broadly similar. Follow-ing the opening of the 2010 and 2012 vents we found limitedto negligible interaction of the magmatic gas with the hy-drothermal system has occurred and the gas composition ofthe volcanic plume is broadly representative of equilibriumwith the magma. The time evolution of the gas composition,the continuous emission of large quantities of SO2, and thephysical evolution of the summit area with new vent open-ings and more frequent eruptions all point towards a continu-ous drying of the hydrothermal system at Turrialba’s summitat an apparently increasing rate.
    Description: This research was supported by the RoyalGeographical Society (with IBG) with a Geographical FieldworkGrant. Y. Moussallam and N. Peters were additionally supportedby the Philip Lake funds from the Department of Geography,University of Cambridge. Y. Moussallam acknowledges a researchgrant from Mazamas and support through ERC project #279790.We thank the NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility for the loanof their infrared spectrometer. A. Aiuppa acknowledges supportthrough ERC grant no. 305377 (BRIDGE)
    Description: Published
    Description: 1341–1350
    Description: 4V. Processi pre-eruttivi
    Description: JCR Journal
    Keywords: volcanic degassing ; Multi-GAS ; UV spectroscopy ; FTIR ; 04.08. Volcanology
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Combined ground and aerial measurements resolve vent-specific gas fluxes from a multi-vent volcano (2020)
    Nature P.G.
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    Publication Date: 2020-12-17
    Description: Volcanoes with multiple summit vents present a methodological challenge for determining vent-specific gas emissions. Here, using a novel approach combining multiple ultraviolet cameras with synchronous aerial measurements, we calculate vent-specific gas compositions and fluxes for Stromboli volcano. Emissions from vent areas are spatially heterogeneous in composition and emission rate, with the central vent area dominating passive emissions, despite exhibiting the least explosive behaviour. Vents exhibiting Strombolian explosions emit low to negligible passive fluxes and are CO2-dominated, even during passive degassing. We propose a model for the conduit system based on contrasting rheological properties between vent areas. Our methodology has advantages for resolving contrasting outgassing dynamics given that measured bulk plume compositions are often intermediate between those of the distinct vent areas. We therefore emphasise the need for a vent-specific approach at multi-vent volcanoes and suggest that our approach could provide a transformative advance in volcano monitoring applications.
    Description: Published
    Description: id 3039
    Description: 4V. Processi pre-eruttivi
    Description: JCR Journal
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Volcanic activity and gas emissions along the South Sandwich Arc (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2021-01-12
    Description: The South Sandwich Volcanic Arc is one of the most remote and enigmatic arcs on Earth. Sporadic observations from rare cloudfree satellite images—and even rarer in situ reports—provide glimpses into a dynamic arc system characterised by persistent gas emissions and frequent eruptive activity. Our understanding of the state of volcanic activity along this arc is incomplete compared to arcs globally. To fill this gap, we present here detailed geological and volcanological observations made during an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands in January 2020.We report the first in situ measurements of gas chemistry, emission rate and carbon isotope composition from along the arc. We show that Mt. Michael on Saunders Island is a persistent source of gas emissions, releasing 145±59 t day−1 SO2 in a plume characterised by a CO2/SO2 molar ratio of 1.8 ± 0.2. Combining this CO2/SO2 ratio with our independent SO2 emission rate measured near simultaneously, we derive a CO2 flux of 179 ± 76 t day−1. Outgassing from low temperature (90–100 °C) fumaroles is pervasive at the active centres of Candlemas and Bellingshausen, with measured gas compositions indicative of interaction between magmatic fluids and hydrothermal systems. Carbon isotope measurements of dilute plume and fumarole gases from along the arc indicate a magmatic δ13C of − 4.5 ± 2.0‰. Interpreted most simply, this result suggests a carbon source dominated by mantle-derived carbon. However, based on a carbon mass balance from sediment core ODP 701, we show that mixing between depleted upper mantle and a subduction component composed of sediment and altered crust is also permissible.We conclude that, although remote, the South Sandwich Volcanic Arc is an ideal tectonic setting in which to explore geochemical processes in a young, developing arc.
    Description: This expedition was funded by public donations raised by Quark Expeditions Ltd., by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) and by individual contributions. This work was carried out under RAP 2019/025 issued by GSGSSI. EJL was supported by a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. A.A. and M.B. acknowledge funding from Miur (Grant N. 2017LMNLAW). K.W. acknowledges support from the Mount Everest Foundation (20-06)
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    Description: 4V. Processi pre-eruttivi
    Description: 6V. Pericolosità vulcanica e contributi alla stima del rischio
    Description: 1IT. Reti di monitoraggio e sorveglianza
    Description: JCR Journal
    Keywords: South Sandwich Volcanic Arc ; Volcanic gas emissions ; Volcanic activity ; 04.08. Volcanology
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Volcanic CO2 seep geochemistry and use in understanding ocean acidification (2021)
    Springer
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    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Description: Ocean acidification is one of the most dramatic effects of the massive atmospheric release of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) that has occurred since the Industrial Revolution, although its effects on marine ecosystems are not well understood. Submarine volcanic hydrothermal fields have geochemical conditions that provide opportunities to characterise the effects of elevated levels of seawater CO2 on marine life in the field. Here, we review the geochemical aspects of shallow marine CO2-rich seeps worldwide, focusing on both gas composition and water chemistry. We then describe the geochemical effects of volcanic CO2 seepage on the overlying seawater column. We also present new geochemical data and the first synthesis of marine biological community changes from one of the best-studied marine CO2 seep sites in the world (off Vulcano Island, Sicily). In areas of intense bubbling, extremely high levels of pCO2 ([10,000 latm) result in low seawater pH (\6) and undersaturation of aragonite and calcite in an area devoid of calcified organisms such as shelled molluscs and hard corals. Around 100–400 m away from the Vulcano seeps the geochemistry of the seawater becomes analogous to future ocean acidification conditions with dissolved carbon dioxide levels falling from 900 to 420 latm as seawater pH rises from 7.6 to 8.0. Calcified species such as coralline algae and sea urchins fare increasingly well as sessile communities shift from domination by a few resilient species (such as uncalcified algae and polychaetes) to a diverse and complex community (including abundant calcified algae and sea urchins) as the seawater returns to ambient levels of CO2. Laboratory advances in our understanding of species sensitivity to high CO2 and low pH seawater, reveal how marine organisms react to simulated ocean acidification conditions (e.g., using energetic tradeoffs for calcification, reproduction, growth and survival). Research at volcanic marine seeps, such as those off Vulcano, highlight consistent ecosystem responses to rising levels of seawater CO2, with the simplification of food webs, losses in functional diversity and reduced provisioning of goods and services for humans.
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    Description: 93–115
    Description: 2IT. Laboratori analitici e sperimentali
    Description: JCR Journal
    Keywords: Calcifying species , Ecosystem effects, Natural analogues, Submarine hydrothermalism ; 03. Hydrosphere ; 03.04. Chemical and biological ; 03.02. Hydrology ; 04.08. Volcanology
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Preface (2021)
    SGI
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    Publication Date: 2021-03-01
    Description: Fluids are key factors in volcanic and hydrothermal processes, and fluid circulation into, and release from, volcanoes take extraordinarily variegate forms. Volcanic gases are persistently dissipated by crater fumaroles and openvents, to sustain vigorous plumes in the most extreme cases. Meteoric fluids permeate through volcanic rocks and, when variably admixed with ascending magma-sourced fluids, drive the incessant activity of volcano-hosted hydrothermal systems. Less visible, but not less important, forms of degassing include the volatile release from soils and cold groundwater systems in volcano peripheries. Investigating the chemistry of volcanic-hydrothermal fluids and quantifying the associated volatile fluxes are crucial to understanding how volcanoes operate, and to fully constrain hydrothermal circulation in the subsurface. Volcano-hydrothermal fluids have been a matter of study, interest and fascination for Prof. Mariano Valenza over his entire lifetime. For more than four decades, Mariano Valenza, Professor of Geochemistry and Volcanology at Università di Palermo, investigated, with incessant enthusiasm, unique curiosity, and distinctive intellectual rigour, the chemistry of fluids in volcanic environments. Over the years, he contributed enormously to the development of fluid geochemistry by pioneering research in a variety of related fields, including -to name only a few- the redox properties of magmatic gases, their diffuse release through soils, and their continuous monitoring via instrumental networks. In doing so, he was an example for generations of scientists, leaving an indelible mark in the field of volcanic and hydrothermal fluid geochemistry. With this thematic set of fifteen papers -published in this and in the next issue of the Italian Journal of Geoscienceswe wish to properly honour Mariano Valenza’s memory. The collection of papers covers a variety of complementary topics and summarizes the state-of-the-art in the field of fluid geochemistry of volcanic and geothermal areas.
    Description: Published
    Description: 4V. Processi pre-eruttivi
    Description: 1IT. Reti di monitoraggio e sorveglianza
    Description: JCR Journal
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    A New Sulfur and Carbon Degassing Inventory for the Southern Central American Volcanic Arc: The Importance of Accurate Time-Series Data Sets and Possible Tectonic Processes Responsible for Temporal Variations in Arc-Scale Volatile Emissions (2018)
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    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Description: This work presents a new database of SO2 and CO2 fluxes from the Southern Central American Volcanic Arc (SCAVA) for the period 2015–2016. We report 300 SO2 flux measurements from 10 volcanoes and gas ratios from 11 volcanoes in Costa Rica and Nicaragua representing the most extensive available assessment of this 500 km arc segment. The SO2 flux from SCAVA is estimated at 6,24061,150 T/d, about a factor of three higher than previous estimations (1972–2013). We attribute this increase in part to our more complete assessment of the arc. Another consideration in interpreting the difference is the context of increased volcanic activity, as there were more eruptions in 2015–2016 than in any period since 1980. A potential explanation for increased degassing and volcanic activity is a change in crustal stress regime (from compression to extension, opening volcanic conduits) following two large (Mw〉7) earthquakes in the region in 2012. The CO2 flux from the arc is estimated at 22,50064,900 T/d, which is equal to or greater than estimates of C input into the SCAVA subduction zone. Time-series data sets for arc degassing need to be improved in temporal and spatial coverage to robustly constrain volatile budgets and tectonic controls. Arc volatile budgets are strongly influenced by short-lived degassing events and arc systems likely display significant short-term variations in volatile output, calling for expansion of nascent geochemical monitoring networks to achieve spatial and temporal coverage similar to traditional geophysical networks.
    Description: Published
    Description: 4437-4468
    Description: 3V. Proprietà dei magmi e dei prodotti vulcanici
    Description: JCR Journal
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Exploring the explosive-effusive transition using permanent ultraviolet cameras (2018)
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    Publication Date: 2021-07-13
    Description: Understanding the mechanisms that cause effusive eruptions is the key to mitigating their associated hazard. Here we combine results from permanent ultraviolet (UV) cameras, and from other geophysical observations (seismic very long period, thermal, and infrasonic activity), to characterize volcanic SO2 flux regime in the period prior, during, and after Stromboli’s August–November 2014 effusive eruption. We show that, in the 2 months prior to effusion onset, the SO2 flux levels are 2 times average level. We explain this anomalously high SO2 regime as primarily determined by venting of rapidly rising, pressurized SO2-rich gas pockets produced by strombolian explosions being more frequent and intense than usual. We develop a procedure to track (and count), in the UV camera record, the SO2 flux pulses produced by individual explosions and puffing activity (active degassing). We find that these SO2 pulses are far more numerous (67 ± 47 events per hour) before the effusion onset than during normal activity (20 ± 15 events per hour). This observation, combined with geophysical evidence, demonstrates an elevated gas bubble supply to the shallow conduits, causing elevated explosive and puffing activity. This increase (≥0.1 m3 s 1) in magma transport rate in the north-east feeding conduits finally triggers effusion onset. Active degassing remains elevated also during the effusive phase, supporting the persistence of explosive and puffing activity during the effusive eruption, deep in the volcanic conduit. Our results demonstrate that permanent UV cameras can valuably contribute to monitoring at high-sampling frequency gas dynamics and fluxes, thus opening the way to direct comparison with more established geophysical observations.
    Description: Published
    Description: 4377 – 4394
    Description: 5V. Dinamica dei processi eruttivi e post-eruttivi
    Description: JCR Journal
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Dynamics of Outgassing and Plume Transport Revealed by Proximal Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Measurements at Volcán Villarrica, Chile (2019)
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    Publication Date: 2020-12-17
    Description: Volcanic gas emissions are intimately linked to the dynamics of magma ascent and outgassing and, on geological time scales, constitute an important source of volatiles to the Earth's atmosphere. Measurements of gas composition and flux are therefore critical to both volcano monitoring and to determining the contribution of volcanoes to global geochemical cycles. However, significant gaps remain in our global inventories of volcanic emissions, (particularly for CO2, which requires proximal sampling of a concentrated plume) for those volcanoes where the near‐vent region is hazardous or inaccessible. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) provide a robust and effective solution to proximal sampling of dense volcanic plumes in extreme volcanic environments. Here we present gas compositional data acquired using a gas sensor payload aboard a UAS flown at Volcán Villarrica, Chile. We compare UAS‐derived gas time series to simultaneous crater rim multi‐GAS data and UV camera imagery to investigate early plume evolution. SO2 concentrations measured in the young proximal plume exhibit periodic variations that are well correlated with the concentrations of other species. By combining molar gas ratios (CO2/SO2 = 1.48–1.68, H2O/SO2 = 67–75, and H2O/CO2 = 45–51) with the SO2 flux (142 ± 17 t/day) from UV camera images, we derive CO2 and H2O fluxes of ~150 t/day and ~2,850 t/day, respectively. We observe good agreement between time‐averaged molar gas ratios obtained from simultaneous UAS‐ and ground‐based multi‐GAS acquisitions. However, the UAS measurements made in the young, less diluted plume reveal additional short‐term periodic structure that reflects active degassing through discrete, audible gas exhalations.
    Description: Published
    Description: 730-750
    Description: 6V. Pericolosità vulcanica e contributi alla stima del rischio
    Description: JCR Journal
    Keywords: UAS ; volcanic plume ; villarrica ; 04.08. Volcanology
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