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Matthews, Adrian J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0492-1168 and Barclay, Jenni ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6122-197X
(2004)
A thermodynamical model for rainfall-triggered volcanic dome collapse.
Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (5).
ISSN 0094-8276
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Abstract
Dome-forming volcanic eruptions typically involve the slow extrusion of viscous lava onto a steep-sided volcano punctuated by collapse and the generation of hazardous pyroclastic flows. We show an unequivocal link between the onset of intense rainfall and lava dome collapse on short time scales (within a few hours) and develop a simple thermodynamical model to explain this behavior. The model is forced with rainfall observations from the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, and suggests that when the dome is in a critical state, a minimum rainfall rate of approximately 15 mm hr-1 for 2-3 hr could trigger a dome collapse.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Volcanoes@UEA (former - to 2018) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Meteorology, Oceanography and Climate Dynamics (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climate, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences and Natural Hazards (former - to 2017) |
| Depositing User: | Vishal Gautam |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2004 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 08:31 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/17635 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2003GL019310 |
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