The 2020-21 Eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St Vincent
Product code: SP539
Print publication date: 03/01/2024
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Structure Processes and Tectonics, Volcanology
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781786205964
Author/Edited by: Edited by R.E.A. Robertson, E.P. Joseph, J. Barclay and R.S.J. Sparks
Weight: 1.1kg
Number of pages: 408
Online publication date: 05/01/2024
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/539/1
£110.00
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Special Publication 539
Volcanic eruptions are complex and inherently uncertain, making the management of a potentially explosive eruption on a small island with limited resources extremely difficult. This volume presents scientific findings from the 2020–21 eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, on the island of St Vincent in the Eastern Caribbean. This involved three months of effusive activity that escalated rapidly to 13 days of explosive activity, beginning with an intense two days of near-continuous ash venting and explosions. The book contains an introduction and 17 papers, split into two parts: the first presents geological and volcanological advances, whereas the second documents and analyses the impacts of the eruption and the challenges presented for the management of the volcanic crisis. This volume represents both significant contributions to the knowledge of the Soufrière eruptive system and important insights into the ways and means by which volcanic eruptions of this type impact on populations at risk. It also provides detailed insights into the most effective communication processes through this type of crisis.
The online content for this title is Open Access.
Introduction
Robertson, R. E. A., Barclay, J., Joseph, E. P. and Sparks, R. S. J. An overview of the eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St Vincent 2020–21
Geological and volcanological advances
Stinton, A. J. Growth and evolution of the lava dome and coulée during the 2020–21 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent
Camejo-Harry, M., Pascal, K., Euillades, P., Grandin, R., Hamling, I., Euillades, L., Contreras-Arratia, R., Ryan, G. A., Latchman, J. L., Lynch, L. and Jo, M. Monitoring volcano deformation at La Soufrière, St Vincent during the 2020–21 eruption with insights into its magma plumbing system architecture
Sparks, R. S. J., Aspinall, W. P., Barclay, J., Renfrew, I. A., Contreras-Arratia, R. and Stewart, R. Analysis of magma flux and eruption intensity during the 2021 explosive activity at La Soufrière, St Vincent, West Indies
Cole, P. D., Barclay, J., Robertson, R. E. A., Mitchell, S., Davies, B. V., Constantinescu, R., Sparks, R. S. J., Aspinall, W. and Stinton, A. Explosive sequence of La Soufrière, St Vincent, April 2021: insights into drivers and consequences via eruptive products
Constantinescu, R., White, J. T., Connor, C., Cole, P., Fontijn, K., Barclay, J. and Robertson, R. Estimation of eruption source parameters for the 2021 La Soufrière eruption (St. Vincent): implications for quantification of eruption magnitude on volcanic islands
Morrison-Evans, B., Melekhova, E. and Blundy, J. Experimental insight into basaltic andesite lava dome oxidation textures at La Soufrière, St Vincent
Stinton, A., Sparks, R. S. J. and Huppert, H. E. Analysis of magma rheology from lava spreading and explosive activity during the 2020–21 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent, with implications for eruption dynamics
Weber, G., Blundy, J., Barclay, J., Pyle, D. M., Cole, P., Frey, H., Manon, M., Davies, B. V. and Cashman, K. Petrology of the 2020–21 effusive to explosive eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St Vincent: insights into plumbing system architecture and magma assembly mechanism
Frey, H. M., Manon, M. R., Barclay, J., Davies, B. V., Walters, S. A., Cole, P. D., Christopher, T. E. and Joseph, E. P. Petrology of the explosive deposits from the April 2021 eruption of La Soufrière volcano, St Vincent: a time-series analysis of microlites
Esse, B., Burton, M., Hayer, C., Contreras-Arratia, R., Christopher, T., Joseph, E. P., Varnam, M. and Johnson, C. SO2 emissions during the 2021 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent, revealed with back-trajectory analysis of TROPOMI imagery
Phillips, J., Barclay, J., Cole, P., Johnson, M., Miller, V. and Robertson, R. Impacts and prospective hazard analysis of rainfall-triggered lahars on St Vincent 2021–22
Latchman, J. L. and Aspinall, W. La Soufrière volcano, St Vincent, eruption 2020–21: assessing unrest and eruptive states from limited volcano-seismic data
Gueugneau, V., Charbonnier, S., Miller, V. L., Cole, P., Grandin, R. and Dualeh, E. W. Modelling pyroclastic density currents of the April 2021 La Soufrière, St Vincent eruption: from rapid invasion maps to field-constrained numerical simulations
Impacts of the eruption and challenges for management of the volcanic crisis
Horwell, C. J., Damby, D. E., Stewart, C., Joseph, E. P., Barclay, J., Davies, B. V., Mangler, M. F., Marvin, L. G., Najorka, J., Peek, S. and Tunstall, N. Physicochemical hazard assessment of ash and dome rock from the 2021 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent, for the assessment of respiratory health impacts and water contamination
Graham, O., Thomas, T., Hicks, A., Edwards, S., Juman, A., Ramroop, A. and Robertson, R. Facts, faith and Facebook: science communication during the 2020–21 La Soufrière, St Vincent volcanic eruption
Mani, L., Edwards, S., Joseph, E., Juman, A. and Thomas, T. Evaluating the crisis communications campaign during the 2020–21 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent
Ferdinand, I. and Badenock, K. Emergency shelters fleeing La Soufrière: a case study from the April 2021 volcanic eruption in St Vincent and the Grenadines
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