ESC Working Group
"Seismic phenomena associated with volcanic activity"

Annual Workshop 2014
"Comparing and Testing Different Models for Volcano Seismicity"

co-sponsored by the
IASPEI/IAVCEI Inter-Association Commission on Volcano Seismology.

Lough Rynn, Castle Hotel, Co Leitrim, Ireland

November 17-21, 2014, at Lough Rynn, Co Leitrim, Ireland

Over the last few years volcano seismologists have created a large variety of models which are used to interpret seismic data in terms of volcanic processes. These models are based on different data sets from different volcanic settings recorded on a variety of seismic sensors. While physical models are neither completely right nor wrong, their usefulness for pure research purposes or in an operational mode might differ considerably. During the workshop we compared these models in terms of their applicability, their limitations and their employability for different conditions and settings. Hence, discussion topics included: source models for VTs, LPs and VLPs, tremor; locating events, separation of source and path effects (e.g. impact of topography and scattering). The workshop was not only for volcano seismologists, but for any volcanologist who could provide the necessary modelling constraints from geology, petrology and geochemistry, and who wanted to have some deeper understanding of the seismologist’s toolkit.

Convenors: Chris Bean, Ivan Lokmer, Jurgen Neuberg, Roberto Carniel

Local organising committee: Aoife Braiden, Chris Bean, Ivan Lokmer

The meeting was supported by UCD and by the Futurevolc Project

List of participants

Þorbjörg Ágústsdóttir, University of Cambridge
Javier Almendros, University of Granada
Chris Bean, University College Dublin
Aoife Braiden, University College Dublin
Bryndís Brandsdóttir, University of Iceland
Roberto Carniel, Università di Udine
Eva Eibl, University College Dublin
Cristian Farias, University of Bonn
Tim Greenfield, University of Cambridge
Zeinab Jeddi, Uppsala University
Jessica Johnson, University of Bristol
Philippe Lesage, University of Savoie
Ivan Lokmer, University College Dublin
Rita Marques , Universidade dos Açores
Steve McNutt, Univ. of South Florida
Dirk Metz, University of Oxford
Jurgen Neuberg , University of Leeds
Mel Rodgers, University of Oxford
Giulia Sgattoni, University of Bologna and University of Iceland
Patrick Smith, Monserrat Volcano Observatory
Heidi Soosalu, Geological Survey of Estonia
Peter Vajda , Slovak Academy of Sciences
Robert White, Cambridge University
Yingzi Ying, University College Dublin
Luciano Zuccarrello, UCD/INGV Catania