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AGU: Geophysical Research Letters

 

Keywords

  • seismic interferometry
  • noise correlation
  • volcanic monitoring

Index Terms

  • Volcanology: Volcanic hazards and risks
  • Seismology: Volcano seismology
  • Volcanology: Instruments and techniques

Abstract

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 37, L00E10, 5 PP., 2010
doi:10.1029/2010GL042489

Lava dome collapse detected using passive seismic interferometry

B. J. Baptie

Earth Hazards and Systems, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, UK

The collapse of the lava dome at the Soufrière Hills Volcano on Montserrat in July 2003 is the largest recorded in historical times. I use noise correlation Green's functions to measure the changes in seismic properties that resulted from this collapse. Continuous three component seismic data recorded at two pairs of stations were cross-correlated to retrieve three-component Green's functions along two paths that intersect the volcanic edifice before and after the dome collapse. Particle motion analysis shows that the Green's functions are dominated by Rayleigh waves and are consistent with the expected Green's tensor for a vertical point force source at one station recorded by a three-component receiver at the other. Following the collapse, there is a clear decorrelation and phase shift in the Green's functions corresponding to a change in velocity of approximately 0.5% that can be interpreted in terms of the unloading of the lava dome.

Received 15 January 2010; accepted 26 February 2010; published 27 March 2010.

Citation: Baptie, B. J. (2010), Lava dome collapse detected using passive seismic interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L00E10, doi:10.1029/2010GL042489.

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