Seismic experiment at the Strokkur Geyser, Iceland, allows to derive a catalogue of over 70,000 eruptions

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false4DOIDB.GFZ 10.5880/GFZ.2.1.2019.005 Eibl, Eva P. S Eva P. S Eibl Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany Jousset, Philippe Philippe Jousset 0000-0002-5628-0238 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Dahm, Torsten Torsten Dahm 0000-0001-6432-7422 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Walter, Thomas R. Thomas R. Walter 0000-0002-9925-4486 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Hersir, Gylﬁ Pall Gylﬁ Pall Hersir 0000-0002-9235-8442 Iceland GeoSurvey (ÍSOR), Reykjavik, Iceland Vesely, Nele I. K. Nele I. K. Vesely Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany Seismic experiment at the Strokkur Geyser, Iceland, allows to derive a catalogue of over 70,000 eruptions GFZ Data Services 2019 geyser water eruption broadband seismic network eruption catalogue Iceland EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > TECTONIC LANDFORMS > GEYSER EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY In Situ Land-based Platforms > GEOPHYSICAL STATIONS/NETWORKS Walter, Thomas R. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Dataset 10.1029/2019GL085266 10.14470/2Y7562610816 CC BY 4.0 Geysers are accessible sites of hot pots, springs and pools that regularly erupt. To investigate the frequency and dynamics of water eruptions we setup a local broadband seismic network at Strokkur geyser, Iceland. The experiment was running for 1 year, from June 2017 to June 2018. Four broadband seismic stations (Nanometrics Trillium Compact Posthole 20s) were buried 30-40 cm deep in the ground at a distance of 39 m (G4, SE), 47 m (G3, SW), 43m (G2, N) and 96 m (G1, NE) from the center of the Strokkur pool geyser. Regular visits and 2-month interval battery replacement allowed to power the stations without solar panels, therewith limiting visibility and site impact.

From this data we picked a catalog of 73,466 eruptions, that are statistically further evaluated in Eibl et al. (2020), allowing to distinguish 50,135 single eruptions, and over 20,000 multiplet eruptions (i.e. several eruptions in close succession). The mean waiting time after an eruption at Strokkur linearly increased from 3.7 to 16.4 min for single and multiplets, respectively. This data publications releases the catalog of 73,466 eruptions.

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