On the origin of Mount Etna eruptive cycles and Stromboli volcano paroxysms: implications for an alternative mechanism of volcanic eruption

TL;DR

This paper proposes a new mechanism involving magma and fluid volume imbalance as the driver of eruptions, explaining the eruptive cycles and paroxysms of Mount Etna and Stromboli.

Contribution

It introduces an alternative eruption mechanism based on magma-fluid imbalance, offering new insights into volcanic activity patterns.

Findings

Explains eruptive cycles of Etna and Stromboli

Links fluid-magma imbalance to eruption triggers

Provides a new framework for eruption prediction

Abstract

New mechanism of imbalance between magma column and fluid volume, accumulated in the magmatic system, is considered as a driving force of the volcanic eruption. Conditions of eruption based on this mechanism are used to explain main features of the volcanic activity (eruptive cycles and paroxysms) of the volcanoes Etna and Stromboli (Italy).