RAPID: Seismic deployment in response to the 2018 Kilauea Lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit explosions

2018年基拉韦厄火山喷发活动为研究火山喷发的动态过程和成像详细的岩浆管道系统提供了难得的机会。在这一快速地震部署项目中，调查人员计划在基拉韦厄火山系统周围部署临时地震仪阵列，包括夏威夷火山国家公园内的山顶和夏威夷普纳区的较低东部裂谷地带。地震仪记录的数据将有助于提高对岩浆如何在地下运动及其在地表喷发过程的了解。正在进行的基拉韦厄火山活动对夏威夷大岛的居民和游客构成持续威胁。更好地了解岩浆路径、岩浆体的现状以及与火山活动相关的动态过程，将有助于美国地质勘探局和地方当局更好地制定未来的缓解计划。研究人员将与夏威夷火山观测站和夏威夷火山国家公园密切合作，进行这项实验，并通过他们的教育和推广计划向每年200多万游客传播科学发现。这项快速提案的目标是在夏威夷大岛南部地区部署密集的地震检波器，以应对最近的基拉韦厄火山活动。研究人员提议部署三个独立的阵列，覆盖基拉韦厄山顶、下东裂谷带(LERZ)和这两个地区之间的区域。调查人员计划部署约110台自主三分量Zland地震检波器，以记录30天的连续地震信号。结合现有的永久地震台网，可以确定更好的地震和震源位置以及4D地下结构。这项实验应该会为研究基拉韦厄火山的管道系统和岩浆迁移提供前所未有的数据集。通过实验收集的原始地震波形将在IRIS DMC存档，并在实验结束后立即分发给科学界进行分析和重新分发。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The 2018 Kilauea volcano eruptive activities provide a rare opportunity to study the dynamic process of a volcano eruption and image the detailed magma plumbing system. In this RAPID seismic deployment project, the investigators plan to deploy a temporary seismometer array around the Kilauea volcano system including the summit within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and lower east rift zone in the Puna District of Hawaii. The data recorded by the seismometers will help improve knowledge on how magma moves underground and its eruption process at the surface. The ongoing Kilauea volcanic activity produces a continuous threat to the residents and visitors of the Big Island of Hawaii. A better understanding of the magma pathways, the current status of the magma body, and the dynamic process associated with the volcanic activity will help USGS and local authorities to better develop future mitigation plans. The researchers will work closely with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to conduct the experiment and disseminate the scientific findings through their education and outreach programs to their over 2 million annual visitors.The goal of this RAPID proposal is to deploy a dense array of geophones on the southern region of the Big Island of Hawaii in response to the recent Kilauea volcanic activity. The reserachers propose to deploy three separate arrays that will cover the Kilauea summit, the Lower East Rift Zone (LERZ), and the area in between these two regions. The investigators plan to deploy ~110 autonomous three component Zland geophones to record continuous seismic signals for 30 days. Combined with the existing permanent seismic network, better earthquake and tremor source locations as well as 4D subsurface structure can be determined. The experiment should provide an unprecedented dataset to study Kilauea's volcanic plumbing system and magma migration. The raw seismic waveforms collected through the experiment will be archived at the IRIS DMC and distributed to the scientific community for analysis and redistribution immediately following the conclusion of the experiment.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.