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JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Volume 166, Issue -, Pages 171-182Publisher
GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-047
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- CNRS-INSU
- NERC Research [NER/A/S/2002/00963]
- NERC [soc010009] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [NER/A/S/2002/00963, soc010009] Funding Source: researchfish
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Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, has been erupting since 1995. During the current eruption, a large part of the material produced by the volcano has been transported into the sea, modifying the morphology of the submarine flanks of the volcano. We present a unique set of swath bathymetric data collected offshore from Montserrat in 1999, 2002 and 2005. From 1999 to 2002, pyroclastic flows associated with numerous dome collapses entered the sea to produce 100 Mm(3) deposit. From 2002 to 2005, the 290 Mm(3) submarine deposit is mainly from the 12-13 July 2003 collapse. These data allow us to estimate that, by May 2005, at least 482 Mm(3) of material had been deposited on the sea floor since 1995. We compare on-land characteristics and volumes of dome collapse events with the submarine deposits and propose a new analysis of their emplacement on the submarine flanks of the volcano. The deposition mechanism shows a slope dependence, with the maximum thickness of deposit before the break in the slope, probably because of the type of the dense granular flow involved. We conclude that from 1995 to 2005 more than 75% of the erupted volume entered the sea.
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