A Rapidly Convecting Lava Lake at Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua

A Rapidly Convecting Lava Lake at Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua

Lava lakes provide a rare opportunity to study conduit flow processes through direct observation of the exposed magma surface. The recent lava lake activity at Masaya volcano (Nicaragua), which commenced in 2015, displayed several unusual phenomena. We report on the dynamics of this rapidly convecti...

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Main Authors: Tom D. Pering, Tehnuka Ilanko, Thomas C. Wilkes, Rebecca A. England, Siân R. Silcock, Leigh R. Stanger, Jon R. Willmott, Robert G. Bryant, Andrew J. S. McGonigle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
lava lake
sulfur dioxide emissions
spherical-cap bubble
rapid convection
multiparametric
lake velocity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00241/full

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