Accurate hindcasting of explosive eruptions at Whakaari, New Zealand

• Published in: Volcanica
• Main Authors: John Stix, Craig Miller, Yajing Liu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Volcanica 2024
• Subjects: phreatic eruptions; whakaari volcano; banded tremor; eruption forecasting; Geology; QE1-996.5; New Zealand; White Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.07.01.153164; https://doaj.org/article/82ca9697c1064c3cb0f9228f1ae12d24

Phreatic eruptions are small, sudden events, commonly with few precursory signals. They are driven by interactions between magmatic and hydrothermal processes at shallow levels beneath the surface. Here we show that a sequence of banded tremor events, which occurred several weeks before the 9 Decemb...