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Keywords

  • InSAR
  • stress transfer
  • volcanoes

Index Terms

  • Volcanology: Volcano monitoring
  • Exploration Geophysics: Remote sensing
  • Computational Geophysics: Modeling
  • Geographic Location: South America

Abstract

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 36, L22303, 6 PP., 2009
doi:10.1029/2009GL041276

Stress transfer in the Lazufre volcanic area, central Andes

J. Ruch

Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany

Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

A. Manconi

Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany

IREA, CNR, Naples, Italy

G. Zeni

IREA, CNR, Naples, Italy

G. Solaro

IREA, CNR, Naples, Italy

Osservatorio Vesuviano, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Naples, Italy

A. Pepe

IREA, CNR, Naples, Italy

M. Shirzaei

Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany

T. R. Walter

Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany

R. Lanari

IREA, CNR, Naples, Italy

We generated a 13-year InSAR time series from 1995–2008 to investigate the spatiotemporal characteristics of two neighboring volcano's deformations for the Lazufre volcanic area, central Andes. The data reveal two scales of uplift initiating during the observation time: (1) a large-scale uplift started in 1997 that shows an increase of the mean uplift rate of up to 3.2 cm/yr, now affecting several eruptive centers situated in an area larger than 1800 km2 and (2) a small-scale uplift located at Lastarria volcano, which is the only volcano to show strong fumarolic activity in decades, with most of the clear deformation apparently not observed before 2000. Both the large and small uplift signals can be explained by magmatic or hydrothermal sources located at about 13 km and 1 km deep, respectively. To test a possible relationship, we use numerical modeling and estimate that the depth inflating source increased the tensile stress close to the shallow source. We discuss how the deep inflating source may have disturbed the shallow one and triggered the observed deformation at Lastarria.

Received 6 October 2009; accepted 12 October 2009; published 21 November 2009.

Citation: Ruch, J., A. Manconi, G. Zeni, G. Solaro, A. Pepe, M. Shirzaei, T. R. Walter, and R. Lanari (2009), Stress transfer in the Lazufre volcanic area, central Andes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L22303, doi:10.1029/2009GL041276.

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