Title
Source model for sabancaya volcano constrained by DInSAR and GNSS surface deformation observation
Date Issued
01 June 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
Sabancaya is the most active volcano of the Ampato-Sabancaya Volcanic Complex (ASVC) in southern Peru and has been erupting since 2016. The analysis of ascending and descending Sentinel-1 orbits (DInSAR) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) datasets from 2014 to 2019 imaged a radially symmetric inflating area, uplifting at a rate of 35 to 50 mm/yr and centered 5 km north of Sabancaya. The DInSAR and GNSS data were modeled independently. We inverted the DInSAR data to infer the location, depth, and volume change of the deformation source. Then, we verified the DInSAR deformation model against the results from the inversion of the GNSS data. Our modelling results suggest that the imaged inflation pattern can be explained by a source 12 to 15 km deep, with a volume change rate between 26 x 106 m3/yr and 46 x 106 m3/yr, located between the Sabancaya and Hualca Hualca volcano. The observed regional inflation pattern, concentration of earthquake epicenters north of the ASVC, and inferred location of the deformation source indicate that the current eruptive activity at Sabancaya is fed by a deep regional reservoir through a lateral magmatic plumbing system.
Volume
12
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Geología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086440834
Source
Remote Sensing
ISSN of the container
20724292
Sponsor(s)
L. Cruz was funded by the Universidad Nacional de San Agust?n de Arequipa and the UNSA-INVESTIGA program under contract No. TP-013-2018-UNSA. Funding for this work came from USAID via the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program and from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Volcano Hazards Program. We thank Chris Harpel (USGS), Chuck Wicks (USGS), and four anonymous reviewers for improving this work with their constructive comments. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico