Volcanic Unrest at Taupō Volcano in 2019: Causes, Mechanisms and Implications

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Volcanic Unrest at Taupō Volcano in 2019: Causes, Mechanisms and Implications

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Taupō volcano, New Zealand, is a large caldera volcano that has been highly active through the Holocene. It most recently erupted ∼1,800 years ago but there have been multiple periods of historic volcanic unrest. We use seismological and geodetic analysis to show that in 2019 Taupō underwent a period of unrest characterized by increased seismic activity through multiple swarms and was accompanied by ground deformation within the caldera. The earthquakes, which include non-double-couple events...

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06 Dec, 2021

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Finnigan Illsley-Kemp / Simon Barker / Colin Wilson / Calum Chamberlain / S Hreinsdóttir / S Ellis / IJ Hamling / Martha Savage / Eleanor Mestel / FB Wadsworth

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Volcanic_Unrest_at_Taup_Volcano_in_2019_Causes...

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Taupo / caldera volcano / volcano / seismology / geodesy / Physical Sciences / Earth Sciences / Geochemistry & Geophysics / Geochemistry not elsewhere classified / Volcanology

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