Hidden pressurized fluids prior to the 2014 phreatic eruption at Mt Ontake

Phreatic volcanic eruptions can be unexpected and devastating. Here the authors, using seismic-based methodologies, find that pressurized fluids accumulated 5 months before the deadly phreatic eruption at Mt Ontake; a period previously considered as completely quiescent.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Corentin Caudron, Yosuke Aoki, Thomas Lecocq, Raphael De Plaen, Jean Soubestre, Aurelien Mordret, Leonard Seydoux, Toshiko Terakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32252-w