La Soufrière South Crater (Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe)
La Soufriere volcano, Lesser Antilles
| Volcano: | La Soufrière (see La Soufrière at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Volcanic Plume |
| Description: | La Soufrière volcano in Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles arc) is the youngest volcanic relief topping a far larger (~16 km3) and long-lived active volcanic complex, the Grande Découverte–Soufrière composite volcano, located in the southern part of Basse Terre island. It consists of an ~0.05 km3 lava dome that was emplaced during the final stage of the last magmatic eruption in 1530 AD. Since then, intense hydrothermal activity (fumaroles, solfataras, hot springs) has persisted on and around the lava dome, and six series of phreatic eruptions happened, the most recent one in 1976–1977. This activity represents the surface expression of a well-developed hydrothermal system that receives heat and gas fromamagma reservoir probably confined at 6–7 km depth beneath the summit. |
Point of contact for this site:
François Beauducel, beauducel@ipgp.fr ( Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris )
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
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| La Soufriere's South Crater_27032006 | 27/3/2006 | Emanuela Bagnato | Oct. 3, 2014 |
| La Soufriere's South Crater_07032012 | 7/3/2012 | Emanuela Bagnato | Oct. 4, 2014 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Allard P., A. Aiuppa, F. Beatuducel, D. Gaudind, R. Di Napoli, S. Calabrese, F. Parello, O. Crispi, G. Hammouya, G. Tamburello, 2014,Steam and gas emission rate from La Soufriere volcano, Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles): Implications for the magmatic supply during degassing unrest, Chemical Geology, vol.384, pp. 76-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.06.019
