Extrusion rate of the Mount St. Helens lava dome estimated from terrestrial imagery, November 2004-December 2005: Chapter 12 in A volcano rekindled: the renewed eruption of Mount St. Helens, 2004-2006
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1750-12
This report is Chapter 12 in A volcano rekindled: the renewed eruption of Mount St. Helens, 2004-2006. For more information, see: Professional Paper 1750
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Abstract
Oblique, terrestrial imagery from a single, fixed-position
camera was used to estimate linear extrusion rates during
sustained exogenous growth of the Mount St. Helens lava
dome from November 2004 through December 2005. During
that 14-month period, extrusion rates declined logarithmically
from about 8-10 m/d to about 2 m/d. The overall ebbing of
effusive output was punctuated, however, by episodes of fluctuating extrusion rates that varied on scales of days to weeks.
The overall decline of effusive output and finer scale rate
fluctuations correlated approximately with trends in seismicity
and deformation. Those correlations portray an extrusion that
underwent episodic, broad-scale stick-slip behavior superposed on the finer scale, smaller magnitude stick-slip behavior
that has been hypothesized by other researchers to correlate
with repetitive, nearly periodic shallow earthquakes.
Suggested Citation
Major, J.J., Kingsbury, C.G., Poland, M., LaHusen, R.G., 2008, Extrusion rate of the Mount St. Helens lava dome estimated from terrestrial imagery, November 2004-December 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1750-12, 19 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp175012.
ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Extrusion rate of the Mount St. Helens lava dome estimated from terrestrial imagery, November 2004-December 2005 |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 1750-12 |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp175012 |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Volcano Hazards Program |
| Description | 19 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | A volcano rekindled: the renewed eruption of Mount St. Helens, 2004-2006 (Professional Paper 1750) |
| First page | 237 |
| Last page | 255 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| Other Geospatial | Mount St. Helens |