‘Silent’ Dome Emplacement into a Wet Volcano: Observations from an Effusive Eruption at White Island (Whakaari), New Zealand in Late 2012

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Arthur Jolly, Corentin Caudron, Társilo Girona, Bruce Christenson, Roberto Carniel
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: dome emplacement; hydrothermal system; RSAM; tremor; gliding spectral lines; White Island; phreatic eruptions; Crater Lake; New Zealand
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10040142

The 2012–2016 White Island (Whakaari) eruption sequence encompassed six small explosive events that included one steam driven and five explosive phreato-magmatic eruptions. More enigmatic, a dome was observed at the back of the vent and crater lake in November 2012. Its emplacement date could not be...