Open AccessMonitoring Volcanic Craters with Infrasound “Music”
Author(s) -
J. B. Johnson,
Leighton M. Watson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo123979
Subject(s) - impact crater , infrasound , volcano , geology , seismology , remote sensing , astrobiology , acoustics , physics
Volcanic craters act as giant horns that emit intense low-frequency sounds. Changes in this infrasound may be used to track rising lava lakes and identify signals of future eruptions.