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Seismo-acoustic gliding: An experimental study

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EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 579, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117344

Keywords

seismo-acoustic gliding; experimental volcanology; churn-like flow; acoustic resonance; volcanic tremor

Funding

  1. INGV
  2. INGV Departmental Strategic Project UNO (UNderstanding the Ordinary to forecast the extraordinary: An integrated approach for studying and interpreting the explosive activity at Stromboli volcano)
  3. grant PIACERI, 2020-22 programme (PAROSSISMA project) [22722132140]
  4. MIUR project [PRIN2017-2017LMNLAW]

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This study investigates the gliding phenomenon of acoustic and seismic tremors observed in analogue degassing experiments. It finds that the gliding episodes are mostly related to the volume variation of shallow interconnected gas pockets. The findings have implications for the churn dynamics in volcanic environments and call for further research.
The gradual temporal shift of the spectral lines of harmonic seismic and/or acoustic tremor, known as spectral gliding, has been largely documented at different volcanoes worldwide. Despite the clear advantage of the experimental approach in providing direct observation of degassing processes and related elastic radiation, experimental studies on gliding tremor are lacking. Therefore, we investigated different episodes of gliding of acoustic and seismic tremor observed during analogue degassing experiments performed under different conditions of magma viscosity (10-1,000 Pa s), gas flux (5-180x10(-3) l/s) and conduit surface roughness (fractal dimension of 2-2.99). Gliding experimental harmonic seismic and acoustic tremor was observed at high gas flux rates and viscosities, mostly associated with an increasing trend and often preceding a major burst. Decreasing secondary sets of harmonic spectral lines were observed in a few cases. Results suggest that gliding episodes are mostly related to the progressive volume variation of shallow interconnected gas pockets. Spectral analyses performed on acoustic signals provided the theoretical length of the resonator that was compared against the temporal evolution of the gas pockets, quantified from video analyses. The similarities between the observed degassing regime and churn-annular flow in high viscous fluids encourage further studies on churn dynamics in volcanic environments. (C)& nbsp;2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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