Relating gas ascent to eruption triggering for the April 27, 2016, White Island (Whakaari), New Zealand eruption sequence

• Published in: Earth, Planets and Space
• Main Authors: Arthur Jolly, Ivan Lokmer, Bruce Christenson, Johannes Thun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2018
• Subjects: VLP earthquake; Gas ascent velocity; Dynamic stress; Static stress; TOUGH2 modeling; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Geodesy; QB275-343; Geology; QE1-996.5; New Zealand; White Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-018-0948-8; https://doaj.org/article/5bfc35be2fa148cebeb433a0a047f477

Abstract The April 27, 2016 eruption sequence at White Island was comprised of 6 discrete eruptive events that occurred over a 35-min period. Seismicity included three episodes of VLP activity: the first occurring ~ 2 h and a second occurring 10 min prior to the first eruption. A third larger VLP ev...