Abstract
The violent eruption of the Piparo mud volcano, Trinidad, in February 1997 demonstrated its destructive capability by completely burying 16 houses and a number of livestock under a 5 m thick mud pile. Unlike magmatic volcanoes, mud volcanoes involve very low energy, making geophysical methods such as seismology unsuitable for monitoring. Three-dimensional gravity modelling over the Tabaquite mud volcano suggests the presence of a large density contrast (?0.70 t.m-3). The density contrast being large and dynamic (i.e., it is absent at recently active mud volcanoes like Piparo) makes the gravity method a potential tool for monitoring mud volcanoes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 329-333 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Exploration Geophysics |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Dynamic density contrast
- Gravity modelling
- Hazards
- Monitoring
- Mud volcanoes
- Trinidad
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- Geology