Bedón, P.A.E., Ebmeier, S., Elliott, J. et al. (6 more authors) (2024) Co-eruptive, endogenous edifice growth, uplift during 4 years of eruption at Sangay Volcano, Ecuador. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 454. 108147. ISSN 0377-0273
Abstract
We report sustained uplift throughout Volcan Sangay's most recent period of eruption (2019–22), moderated only by transient excursions during some of its largest explosions. Volcan Sangay (Amazonia, Ecuador), has been erupting since 2019, impacting both local communities and distant cities with ash fall and lahars. We analyzed ascending and descending Sentinel-1 radar imagery, constructing a robust network of interferograms spanning this eruptive period to measure relative ground displacements across the volcano. Our time series reveals a consistent uplift pattern (∼68 mm/yr) on the western and northern flanks of the volcano, which we attribute to volume increases in a body of magma located within the volcano's edifice beneath its western flank. This source appears to be vertically extensive, and is best fit by a quadrangular magma pathway, dipping towards the west and increasing in volume by 1.1 × 10⁶ m³ between 2019 and 2022. We additionally identify non-magmatic deformation, including subsidence of fresh deposits and downslope displacement (∼50 mm/year) in the southeastern sector of the volcano. Co-eruptive uplift at Sangay is a rare observation of endogenous growth during an eruption and indicates that stratovolcano edifice stability is sensitive to both magma flux into the edifice and shallow controls on eruption rate.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Sangay Volcano; Co-eruptive uplift; Endogenous growth |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst of Geophysics and Tectonics (IGT) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) GA/13M/031 British Geological Survey No External Reference NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) GA/13M/031 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2024 09:02 |
Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2024 09:02 |
Published Version: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108147 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:216256 |