Bang! Month-scale eruption triggering at Santorini Volcano

Martin, V.M.; Morgan, D.J.; Jerram, D.A.; Caddick, M.J.; Prior, D.; Davidson, J.P.

doi:10.1126/science.1159584

Bang! Month-scale eruption triggering at Santorini Volcano

Martin, V.M.; Morgan, D.J.; Jerram, D.A.; Caddick, M.J.; Prior, D.; Davidson, J.P.

Authors

V.M. Martin

D.J. Morgan

D.A. Jerram

M.J. Caddick

D. Prior

J.P. Davidson

Abstract

The time lag between intrusion of fresh, hot magma and an ensuing eruption is of critical importance in both understanding the triggering and mitigating the consequences of volcanic eruptions. This work looks at material erupted during 1925-28 at the Nea Kameni volcanic center in Santorini, Greece, to determine this time scale. By exploiting Fe-Mg diffusion in olivine crystals, we constrained the intrusion-to-eruption time lag to between 3 and 10 weeks. These techniques have potential application at many volcanic centers; previously erupted material can be used to calibrate records of the short-time scale processes common to many volcanic centers.

Citation

Martin, V., Morgan, D., Jerram, D., Caddick, M., Prior, D., & Davidson, J. (2008). Bang! Month-scale eruption triggering at Santorini Volcano. Science, 321(5893), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1159584

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Aug 1, 2008
Deposit Date	Feb 10, 2009
Journal	Science
Print ISSN	0036-8075
Electronic ISSN	1095-9203
Publisher	American Association for the Advancement of Science
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	321
Issue	5893
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1159584