Open-vent volcanism and related hazards: Overview
Open-vent volcanism and related hazards: Overview
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露天火山活动和相关危害:概述
DOI:
10.1130/2013.2498(00
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发表时间:
2013
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2.9
通讯作者:
N. Varley
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作者:
W. Rose;J. L. Palma;H. D. Granados;N. Varley
Special Paper 498 contains 12 new scientifi c papers, assembled as part of an NSFsponsored workshop in 2011. The work highlights study of persistently active volcanoes and their hazards, mostly in Central America. Such volcanoes are termed “open vents” by volcanologists, and they offer the chance to study active processes. Insight into how volcanoes work and how hazards might be mitigated are the goals of the work. Overall, the volume presents insight into hazards infrastructure collaborations and development for geoscientists and students. Rose, W.I., Palma, J.L., Delgado Granados, H., and Varley, N., 2013, Open-vent volcanism and related hazards: Overview, in Rose, W.I., Palma, J.L., Delgado Granados, H., and Varley, N., eds., Understanding Open-Vent Volcanism and Related Hazards: Geological Society of America Special Paper 498, p. vii–xiii, doi:10.1130/2013.2498(00). For permission to copy, contact editing@geosociety.org. © 2013 The Geological Society of America. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION Erupting volcanoes may be said to have open vents. However, volcanoes are like sleeping animals, and they have long reposes, when their vents are thought to be blocked or closed. Most volcanoes are not erupting and are relatively quiet geophysically. Many eruptions (18%) last only 2 d, and most (54%) eruptions end after 1 or 2 mo. Only 15% last longer than 1 yr, and ~1% last longer than a decade (Siebert et al., 2010). It may be quite subjective to determine when an eruption ends, however. In between major eruptions, however, open-vent volcanoes are characterized by persistent gas emissions, sometimes associated with mild explosive activity and other hazards. This type of volcanism (Fig. 1) can last for many years or decades. Nonetheless, because they offer an apparent direct connection with the active eruptive process, longer-lasting “open-vent volcanoes” are the focus for the studies in the papers of this volume. Because their level of activity is low, they may represent study sites that are safer for active measurements. Such sites have attracted volcanologists interested in studying the active volcanic processes (i.e., how volcanoes work). They represent collaborative science efforts that frequently lead to infrastructure construction because scientists usually must travel internationally and connect with local scientists. This volume grew out of an international workshop held in Costa Rica in January 2011, attended by 60 scientists from 13 countries. We hope that the volume shows the utility of such studies and will encourage more. This kind of work involves special effort because the number of open-vent volcanoes amounts to only a small percentage of the active volcanoes of the world.