Because gases and deformation...¶
bring quantitative insight into magma volumes, fluxes, and storage depth
provide hints of the compressibility of the magma storage system
carry crucial information about precursory signals preceding an impending eruption

Source of central figure : Anderson and Segall (2011), JGR
Learn more about why it is important to jointly analyze volcano deformation and degassing¶
Kilbride, B. M., Edmonds, M., & Biggs, J. (2016). Observing eruptions of gas-rich compressible magmas from space. Nature Communications, 7(1), 13744. Kilbride et al. (2016)
Shreve, T., Grandin, R., & Boichu, M. (2022). Reservoir depressurization driven by passive gas emissions at Ambrym volcano. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, 117512. Shreve et al. (2022)
- Anderson, K., & Segall, P. (2011). Physics-based models of ground deformation and extrusion rate at effusively erupting volcanoes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(B7). 10.1029/2010jb007939
- Kilbride, B. M., Edmonds, M., & Biggs, J. (2016). Observing eruptions of gas-rich compressible magmas from space. Nature Communications, 7(1). 10.1038/ncomms13744
- Shreve, T., Grandin, R., & Boichu, M. (2022). Reservoir depressurization driven by passive gas emissions at Ambrym volcano. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, 117512. 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117512