Westdahl 2010/7
Start: July 2010 [1]
Event Type: Not an eruption
- Seismicity with no confirmed eruption [1]
Description: From Neal and others (2014): "In late July, AVO seismologists noted a marked increase in lower crustal seismicity at Westdahl. Most of the seismicity was long period in character however some volcano-tectonic events also were recorded.
Deep (>10 km or >6.2 mi), low frequency events located with the Westdahl seismograph network tend to cluster in an area northwest of the volcano's summit. Past analysis of InSAR results for Westdahl by Lu and others (2003) suggests a shallow magma reservoir beneath the volcano. Continued inflation of the volcano is consistent with ongoing accumulation of melt at shallow levels. Such ascent of magma from depth may explain the 2010 seismicity at Westdahl."
Deep (>10 km or >6.2 mi), low frequency events located with the Westdahl seismograph network tend to cluster in an area northwest of the volcano's summit. Past analysis of InSAR results for Westdahl by Lu and others (2003) suggests a shallow magma reservoir beneath the volcano. Continued inflation of the volcano is consistent with ongoing accumulation of melt at shallow levels. Such ascent of magma from depth may explain the 2010 seismicity at Westdahl."
References Cited
[1] 2010 Volcanic activity in Alaska, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands - Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory, 2014
Neal, C.A., Herrick, J., Girina, O.,A., Chibisova, M., Rybin, A., McGimsey, R.G., and Dixon, J., 2014, 2010 Volcanic activity in Alaska, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands - Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5034, 76 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20145034 .
Complete Eruption References
2010 Volcanic activity in Alaska, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands - Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory, 2014
Neal, C.A., Herrick, J., Girina, O.,A., Chibisova, M., Rybin, A., McGimsey, R.G., and Dixon, J., 2014, 2010 Volcanic activity in Alaska, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands - Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5034, 76 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20145034 .
InSAR imaging of volcanic deformation over cloud-prone areas - Aleutian Islands, 2007
Lu, Zhong, 2007, InSAR imaging of volcanic deformation over cloud-prone areas - Aleutian Islands: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 73, n. 3, p. 245-257.
