Geophysical research: article

Model of pyroclastic flow surface subsidence: Shiveluch volcano (Kamchatka), eruption on 29.08.2019
M.S. Volkova
V.O. Mikhailov
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Journal: Geophysical research
Tome: 23
Number: 2
Year: 2022
Pages: 73-85
UDK: 550.31
DOI: 10.21455/gr2022.2-5
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Keywords: pyroclastic flow, Shiveluch volcano, SAR interferometry, Sentinel-1A, thermomechanical model, flow surface subsidence.
Аnnotation: Possible reasons for the subsidence of the pyroclastic flow surface formed on the slopes of the Shiveluch volcano (Kamchatka) during the eruption of August 29, 2019 are studied. According to SAR interferometry data from the series of images of the European Space Agency Sentinel-1A satellite for the periods of 05–10.2020 and 05–10.2021 maps of displacement velocities of the volcano surface were constructed. An area with large subsidence was found, coinciding with the pyroclastic flow area on the southeastern slope. The maximum subsidence rates were 385 mm/year in 2020 and 257 mm/year in 2021. The thickness of pyroclastic deposits was estimated from radar images for 2020. The dependence of the sedimentation rate on the flow thickness at a sufficiently high correlation coefficient (–0.69) has a significant spread. A thermomechanical model has been constructed, which takes into account the compaction of deposits due to the changes in their porosity and density over time. According to the model, to explain the dependence of the flow surface subsidence rate on the rock thickness, it is sufficient to assume that, in addition to subsidence, when the flow cools, a slight change in porosity occurs, which, depending on the initial temperature of the flow, ranged from 1.5 to 1.7 % for the period from 2019 to 2021. The spread in the dependence “subsidence rate – flow thickness” is explained by the processes of erosion of pyroclastic deposits.
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