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Geochemical evidence of different sources of long-period seismic events at Deception volcano, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2015

Eleazar Padrón ,
Pedro A. Hernández ,
Enrique Carmona ,
Nemesio M. Pérez ,
Gladys Melián ,
Hirochika Sumino ,
Javier Almendros ,
Minoru Kusakabe ,
Hiroshi Wakita  and
Germán D. Padilla
Eleazar Padrón*
Affiliation:
Environmental Research Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, 38611 Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38400 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Pedro A. Hernández
Affiliation:
Environmental Research Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, 38611 Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38400 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Enrique Carmona
Affiliation:
Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja, 18071 Granada, Spain Departamento de Química y Física, Universidad de Almería, Cañada de San Urbano s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
Nemesio M. Pérez
Affiliation:
Environmental Research Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, 38611 Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38400 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Gladys Melián
Affiliation:
Environmental Research Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, 38611 Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38400 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Hirochika Sumino
Affiliation:
Geochemical Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Javier Almendros
Affiliation:
Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja, 18071 Granada, Spain
Minoru Kusakabe
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Biology and Chemistry, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
Hiroshi Wakita
Affiliation:
Geochemical Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Germán D. Padilla
Affiliation:
Environmental Research Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, 38611 Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38400 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
*
eleazar@iter.es
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Abstract

This is the first detailed analysis of a CO2 diffuse degassing time series from Deception volcano, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, performed during an episode of anomalously high long-period (LP) seismicity. Diffuse CO2 emissions measured by an automatic geochemical station between 7 December 2009 and 13 February 2010 showed an excellent temporal agreement with the LP seismicity in December 2009. The absence of such a temporal correlation with the second burst of seismicity that occurred in late January 2010 suggests a different source for this LP activity. This was confirmed by analysis of seismic array data. The LP seismicity observed during December 2009 was caused by fluid-driven cracks that originated from pressure fluctuations in the volcano-hydrothermal systems beneath Deception volcano that were probably caused by a deep injection of undegassed magma before December 2009. The diffuse CO2 degassing data have provided evidence of the activation of at least two different sources of seismicity during the study period at Deception volcano.

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CO2Deception Islanddiffuse emissionseismic arrayvolcanic activity

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Antarctic Science , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , December 2015 , pp. 557 - 565
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