Smittarello D., Smets B., Barriere J., Michellier C., Oth A., Shreve T., Grandin R., Theys N., Brenot H., Cayol V., Allard P., Caudron Corentin, Chevrel O., Darchambeau F., de Buyl P., Delhaye L., Derauw D., Ganci G., Geirsson H., Kaleghetso E. K., Makundi J. K., Nguomoja I. K., Mahinda C. K., Kervyn M., Ruriho C. K., Le Mevel H., Molendijk S., Namur O., Poppe S., Schmid M., Subira J., Wauthier C., Yalire M., d'Oreye N., Kervyn F., Muhindo A. S. (2022). Precursor-free eruption triggered by edifice rupture at Nyiragongo volcano. Nature, 609 (7925), 83-88 + 13 p. ISSN 0028-0836.
Titre du document
Precursor-free eruption triggered by edifice rupture at Nyiragongo volcano
Année de publication
2022
Auteurs
Smittarello D., Smets B., Barriere J., Michellier C., Oth A., Shreve T., Grandin R., Theys N., Brenot H., Cayol V., Allard P., Caudron Corentin, Chevrel O., Darchambeau F., de Buyl P., Delhaye L., Derauw D., Ganci G., Geirsson H., Kaleghetso E. K., Makundi J. K., Nguomoja I. K., Mahinda C. K., Kervyn M., Ruriho C. K., Le Mevel H., Molendijk S., Namur O., Poppe S., Schmid M., Subira J., Wauthier C., Yalire M., d'Oreye N., Kervyn F., Muhindo A. S.
Source
Nature, 2022,
609 (7925), 83-88 + 13 p. ISSN 0028-0836
Classical mechanisms of volcanic eruptions mostly involve pressure buildup and magma ascent towards the surface'. Such processes produce geophysical and geochemical signals that may be detected and interpreted as eruption precursors(1-3) . On 22 May 2021, Mount Nyiragongo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), an open-vent volcano with a persistent lava lake perched within its summit crater, shook up this interpretation by producing an approximately six-hour-long flank eruption without apparent precursors, followed-rather than preceded-by lateral magma motion into the crust. Here we show that this reversed sequence was most likely initiated by a rupture of the edifice, producing deadly lava flows and triggering a voluminous 25-km-long dyke intrusion. The dyke propagated southwards at very shallow depth (less than 500 m) underneath the cities of Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Gisenyi (Rwanda), as well as Lake Kivu. Thisvolcanic crisis raises new questions about the mechanisms controlling such eruptions and the possibility of facing substantially more hazardous events, such as effusions within densely urbanized areas, phreato-magmatism or a limnic eruption from the gas-rich Lake Kivu. It also more generally highlights the challenges faced with open-vent volcanoes for monitoring, early detection and risk management when a significant volume of magma is stored close to the surface.
Plan de classement
Géologie et formations superficielles [064]
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Géophysique interne [066]
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010086033]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010086033
