Explosive Behavior of Lava Domes

熔岩穹丘是成层火山和破火山口最常见的喷发产物之一。 现有的模型表明，一个圆顶倒塌事件的能量取决于熔岩挥发物含量和圆顶的甲壳强度。拟议的研究将综合现有的和新的实地观察，地球化学分析，实验室模拟，流变测量和数值模拟，以更好地量化那些导致看似良性的熔岩圆顶爆炸活动的因素。将进行五个单独的任务，跟踪圆顶岩浆的迁移和控制其爆炸性的因素。这些组成部分的成果将并行开发，以便项目的一个部分可以为其他部分提供信息和指导。 我们将尝试整合，并在某些情况下收集，新的圆顶喷发的新观察，以验证我们的模型。我们将利用蒙特塞拉特苏弗里埃火山最近发表和出版的大量新成果和相关概念进展。 这种多方面的研究工作应该有助于通过确定那些具有最大破坏潜力的熔岩丘或熔岩丘的一部分来减轻火山危害。

Fink EAR-0001015Lava domes are among the most common eruption products of stratovolcanoes and calderas. Existing models suggest that the energy of a dome collapse event depends on the lava volatile content and strength of the dome's carapace. The proposed research will synthesize both existing and new field observations, geochemical analyses, laboratory simulations, rheological measurements, and numerical modeling to better quantify those factors that lead to explosive activity at seemingly benign lava domes. Five individual tasks will be undertaken that track the migration of dome magmas and the factors that control their explosivity. The results of these components will be developed in parallel so that one part of the project can inform and guide the others. We will attempt to integrate, and in some cases collect, fresh observations of new dome eruptions to validate our models. We will take advantage of extensive new results and associated conceptual advances recently published and in press from the Soufriere Hills eruption in Montserrat. This multifaceted research effort should help mitigate volcanic hazards by identifying those lava domes, or parts of lava domes, with the greatest destructive potential.