| Title | First recorded eruption of Mount Belinda Volcano (Montagu Island), South Sandwich Islands |
| Author | Patrick, M.R.; Smellie, J.L.; Harris, A.J.L.; Wright, R.; Dean, K.; Izbekov, P.; Garbeil, H.; Pilger, E. |
| Author Affil | Patrick, M.R., University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI. Other: British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom; University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Source | Bulletin of Volcanology, 67(5), p.415- 422, . Publisher: Springer International [for the] International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), Heidelberg, International. ISSN: 0258-8900 |
| Publication Date | Jun. 2005 |
| Notes | In English. 23 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 287536 |
| Index Terms | Montague Island; Atlantic Ocean Islands--South Sandwich Islands; ASTER instrument; Atlantic Ocean Islands; Cenozoic; Earth Observing System; eruptions; geologic hazards; imagery; lava lakes; MODIS; monitoring; Mount Belinda; Mount Michael; Quaternary; RADARSAT; remote sensing; satellite methods; Saunders Island; Scotia Sea Islands; South Sandwich Islands; volcanoes |
| Abstract | The MODVOLC satellite monitoring system has revealed the first recorded eruption of Mount Belinda volcano, on Montagu Island in the remote South Sandwich Islands. Here we present some initial qualitative observations gleaned from a collection of satellite imagery covering the eruption, including MODIS, Landsat 7 ETM+, ASTER, and RADARSAT-1 data. MODVOLC thermal alerts indicate that the eruption started sometime between 12 September and 20 October 2001, with low-intensity subaerial explosive activity from the island s summit peak, Mount Belinda. By January 2002 a small lava flow had been emplaced near the summit, and activity subsequently increased to some of the highest observed levels in August 2002. Observations from passing ships in February and March 2003 provided the first visual confirmation of the eruption. (MOD. JOURN. ABST.) |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00445-004-0382-6 |
| Publication Type | journal article |
| Record ID | 84742 |