News & Events

September 2017: VAMOS at the 13th Gas Field Workshop in Ecuador

In September 2017 a group of VAMOS scientists Alexandra Gutmann, Nicole Bobrowski, Thorsten Hoffmann participated in the 13th Gas Field Workshop in Ecuador, organized by the Commission on the Chemistry of Volcanic Gases CCVG and the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth Interior.  ... 

23.11.2016: "Rapid laccolith intrusion driven by explosive volcanic eruption" published in Nature Communication

Magmatic intrusions and volcanic eruptions are intimately related phenomena. Shallow magma intrusion builds subsurface reservoirs that are drained by volcanic eruptions. Thus, the long-held view is that intrusions must precede and feed eruptions. Here we show that explosive eruptions can also cause magma intrusion. We provide an account of a rapidly emplaced laccolith during the 2011 rhyolite eruption of Cordón Caulle, Chile. Remote sensing indicates that an intrusion began after eruption onset and caused severe (>200 m) uplift over 1 month. Digital terrain models resolve a laccolith-shaped body ∼0.8 km3. Deformation and conduit flow models indicate laccolith depths of only ∼20–200 m and overpressures (∼1–10 MPa) that likely stemmed from conduit blockage. Our results show that explosive eruptions may rapidly force significant quantities of magma in the crust to build laccoliths. These iconic intrusions can thus be interpreted as eruptive features that pose unique and previously unrecognized volcanic hazards. ... 

15.08.2016: Report from Masaya volcano

VAMOS members undertake joint measurement campaign with people from INETER and OVSICORI  ... 

27.05.2016: Fieldreport from Stromboli volcano, Sicily (IT)

Gas measurements on Vulcano Stromboli using UAV in April 2016  ... 

02.03.2016 - 04.03.2016: Second Workshop on the Physics of Volcanoes 2016

The University of Mainz, Heidelberg University and the Max-Planck-Insitute for Chemistry, Mainz

announce The 2nd Workshop on Physics of Volcanoes 2016 The workshop will be held on March 2 - 4, 2016 at the MPI for Chemistry in Mainz.  ... 

07.12.2015: Gas measurements on Mount Etna, Sicily using UAVs (Part I of II)

In July 2015 the VAMOS volcano team went to Mount Etna Sicily to investigate the possibility of using drones to measure volcanic gas in craters.  ... 

07.12.2015: Gas measurements on Mount Etna, Sicily using UAVs (Part II of II)

While there, we met a team of French scientists who were also measuring gas and the structure of the volcano. This video was produced by Rachel Mazzucco Gusset Université de la Réunion.  ...