Award Abstract # 0732408
Collaborative Research: Facility Support for the CALIPSO Borehole Observatory, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

NSF Org: EAR
Division Of Earth Sciences
Recipient: CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON
Initial Amendment Date: August 27, 2007
Latest Amendment Date: July 31, 2009
Award Number: 0732408
Award Instrument: Continuing Grant
Program Manager: Russell Kelz
EAR
 Division Of Earth Sciences
GEO
 Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date: September 1, 2007
End Date: August 31, 2010 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $5,997.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $5,997.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2007 = $1,999.00
FY 2008 = $1,999.00

FY 2009 = $1,999.00
History of Investigator:
  • Alan Linde (Principal Investigator)
    linde@dtm.ciw.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Carnegie Institution of Washington
5241 BROAD BRANCH RD NW
WASHINGTON
DC  US  20015-1305
(202)387-6400
Sponsor Congressional District: 00
Primary Place of Performance: Carnegie Institution of Washington
5241 BROAD BRANCH RD NW
WASHINGTON
DC  US  20015-1305
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
00
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): ZQ12LY4L5H39
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s): Instrumentation & Facilities
Primary Program Source: app-0107 
01000809DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT

01000910DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 0000, OTHR
Program Element Code(s): 158000
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.050

ABSTRACT

This collaborative grant to the University of Arkansas, Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Penn State supports a three year continuation of operation and maintenance costs and some instrumental upgrades of the CALIPSO Borehole Facility (Caribbean Andesitic Lava Island Precision Seismo-geodetic Observatory) on Montserrat, WI. The CALIPSO project investigates the dynamics of the entire magmatic system of Soufriere Hills Volcano (SHV) to enhance of understanding of andesitic magma dynamics in general. CALIPSO was initiated in 2002 with drilling and installation of four high-sensitivity borehole seismic and ground deformation (strainmeter, tiltmeter, cGPS) stations around the SHV. Initial funding was from EAR/Continental Dynamics and the Instrumentation and an Facilities Program with some contribution from UK sources. Installations were completed in 2004, and CALIPSO data have been recovered from SHV, including those from a prodigious lava dome collapse (historically the world's largest) in 2003, and explosions in 2003 and 2004. Continuation of geodetic and seismic observations of the active SHV should reveal important internal features of this currently erupting subduction zone andesitic volcano with implications for improved understanding of physical volcanological processes and magma chamber geochemical and petrologic processes. Facility data will complement an upcoming and EAR/Geophysics and UK funded SEA-CALIPSO offshore seismic refection/refraction experiment which should reveal deeper (5-10 km) features in the magmatic system and greatly improve the seismic-velocity models used for locating eruption-related seismicity. Graduate students and undergraduate students from the institutions will be trained in deformation and seismic modeling and onshore/offshore seismic imaging using SEA-CALIPSO and CALIPSO Facility data. Data from the CALIPSO facility will support volcanic hazard mitigation. As a result of this support the PIs will complete the telemetry and data handling solutions necessary to move the data into the public realm through the UNAVCO and IRIS archives.

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Chardot, L., R. Stewart, S.I. Sacks, A. Linde, D. Hidayat, A. Clarke, D. Elsworth, R. Foroozan , J.-C. Komorowski, G.S. Mattioli, and S. Sparks "Explosion dynamics from strainmeter observations, Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, W.I." Geophys. Res. Letters, Special Section on Montserra , 2010 10.1029/2010GL044661
Linde, A., S.I. Sacks, D. Hidayat, B. Voight, A. Clarke, D. Elsworth, G.S. Mattioli, P. Malin, E. Shalev, S. Sparks, and C. Widiwijayanti "The Vulcanian explosion at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat on March 2004 as revealed by strain data" Geophys. Res. Letters, Special Section on Montserra , 2010 10.1029/2009GL041988
Voight, B., D. Hidayat, S.I. Sacks, A. Linde, L. Chardot, A. Clarke, D. Elsworth, R. Foroozan, G.S. Mattioli, N. McWhorter, S. Sparks, and C. Widiwijayanti "Unique strainmeter observations of Vulcanian explosions, Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, July 2003" Geophys. Res. Lett., Special Section on Montserrat , 2010 10.1029/2009GL041732

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