Thermal remote sensing reveals communication between volcanoes of the Klyuchevskoy Volcanic Group

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Coppola, Diego, Marco, Laiolo, Massimetti, Francesco, Hainzl, Sebastian, Shevchenko, Alina, V, Mania, René, Shapiro, Nikolai M., Walter, Thomas, R
• Other Authors: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Torino, Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), German Research Centre for Geosciences - Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam (GFZ), Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the RAS, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Gustave Eiffel-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.VO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Volcanology; Tolbachik; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03291568; https://hal.science/hal-03291568/document; https://hal.science/hal-03291568/file/Coppola_submitted_final.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92542-z

International audience Volcanoes are traditionally considered isolated with an activity that is mostly independent of the surrounding, with few eruptions only (< 2%) associated with a tectonic earthquake trigger. Evidence is now increasing that volcanoes forming clusters of eruptive centers may simultaneously erupt, show unrest, or even shut-down activity. Using infrared satellite data, we detail 20 years of eruptive activity (2000–2020) at Klyuchevskoy, Bezymianny, and Tolbachik, the three active volcanoes of the Klyuchevskoy Volcanic Group (KVG), Kamchatka. We show that the neighboring volcanoes exhibit multiple and reciprocal interactions on different timescales that unravel the magmatic system’s complexity below the KVG. Klyuchevskoy and Bezymianny volcanoes show correlated activity with time-predictable and quasiperiodic behaviors, respectively. This is consistent with magma accumulation and discharge dynamics at both volcanoes, typical of steady-state volcanism. However, Tolbachik volcano can interrupt this steady-state regime and modify the magma output rate of its neighbors for several years. We suggest that below the KVG the transfer of magma at crustal level is modulated by the presence of three distinct but hydraulically connected plumbing systems. Similar complex interactions may occur at other volcanic groups and must be considered to evaluate the hazard of grouped volcanoes.