******************************************************************* From: Thomas Staudacher <staud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ******************************************************************* Piton de la Fournaise After two eruptive phases on Sept 12 to Oct. 2 and November 27 to 28, Piton de la Fournaise volcano started a third eruptive phase on Dec. 15, 2h45 local time. As for the other eruptions, the active vent is situated within Dolomieu crater, this time on the northern side, beneath "La Soufrière" and about 200 m below the crater rim. Until today, the lava flows covered most of the crater floor with aa and pahoehoe lava flows. The outflow rate is small, probably less than 2 or 3 m^3/sec. They are completely inaccessible and only very few Pele hairs could be collected. The SO2 plume was recorded by the miniDOAS permanent system of the NOVAC program and by mobile miniDOAS in the field and between 100 and up to 2000 tons of SO2 per day were measured. Eruption is still going on. Thomas Staudacher ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
