Geophysical Constraints on Magma Storage in the Crust: Measuring Storage Depths, Melt Volumes, and their Uncertainties

Session ID#: 119473

Session Description:
The eruptive potential of volcanoes is governed by the characteristics of the underlying magma storage network. Properties such as melt fraction, melt volume, depth(s) of storage, and network geometry can be imaged with static geophysical imaging techniques (e.g. seismic imaging, potential fields and magnetotelluric inversions), estimated from dynamic geophysical processes (e.g. ground deformation, seismicity), and/or investigated using petrological analysis of eruptive products while higher resolution and more robust interpretations are often achieved through integration of multiple datasets. This session aims to bring together new observations as well as advances in observational and modeling techniques to explore how different datasets can be integrated to characterize complex, multi-scale magmatic systems. We welcome contributions from observational disciplines including, but not limited to seismology, geodesy, magnetotellurics, and petrology. We particularly encourage contributions that evaluate multiple datasets and/or studies focused on the assessment of uncertainty.
Index Terms:

7280 Volcano seismology [SEISMOLOGY]
8439 Physics and chemistry of magma bodies [VOLCANOLOGY]
8494 Instruments and techniques [VOLCANOLOGY]


Primary Convener:  Daniel Evan Portner, Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Daniel Evan Portner, Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, Hélène Le Mével, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States and Darcy Raymond Cordell, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Daniel Evan Portner, Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States