[MSNoise] A case of a mud volcano

[Thomas Lecocq]

Hi Ilias,

Wooow... Impressive!

If I get it well, the current idea is that there is a reservoir at 3 to 
6km deep and a "pipe" up to the surface ?

 >Questions in my mind are both of practical and scientific perspective:

 >- Since we don't expect any conventional seismic/volcanic activity, 
will the network record anything of use?

Well you'll most probably have some tremor linked to the bubbling mud 
going up, and maybe some events at deeper locations. Did you measure 
anything with the permanent network ?

 >- I have in my hands 5 to 6 Guralp 5TDE (accelerometers). Will they be 
able to record noise down to the frequencies of interest?

I don't have any experience of the 5TDE, could you send the estimated 
instrument response? I bet they could be used down to 1Hz or even lower. 
Did you do any measurement recently with those ? If yes, it'd be quite 
easy to compute some coherency checks on the data.

 >- Related to the previous, what would be the optimum aperture to 
deploy the sensors (taking into account we need to extract information 
down to 3-6 Km)?

If you want to "monitor" the "reservoir" you'll need to open the network 
quite largely. Aurélien could answer this better than me, but I'm quite 
sure you can open one triangle by 5 to 7 km and anther one with a 
smaller aperture, both "centered" on the volcano.

In any case, I'd install them rapidly and check the data after 1 or 2 
weeks max.

ps= don't forget to update to MSNoise 1.5.1 to have the latest bugfixes.

Best regards,
Tom

On 17/02/2018 17:33, Ilias Papadopoulos wrote:
> Hello fellow MSNoise users,
>
> I have in my hands a case of an erupted mud volcano. The event took 
> place between February 12th and February 13th and got attention very 
> quickly from media and people in Trinidad & Tobago. I don't know if 
> any of you have any experience working with MSNoise and mud volcanoes. 
> A high quality drone footage you can find here 
> <https://www.facebook.com/topshotaerialservices/videos/984076211740133/>, 
> story on the media here 
> <http://newsday.co.tt/2018/02/17/mud-volcano-goes-quiet/>.
>
> I am thinking of setting up a project around it, but since there is 
> not much information as to what to expect, I seek advice from all of 
> you. According to geologists here, the whole thing has gone dormant on 
> the surface. There is no volcanic activity, hard rock or magma 
> movement underneath. Some studies propose a disturbance down to 3 or 6 
> Km of mud and gas intruding the younger harder formations.
>
> Questions in my mind are both of practical and scientific perspective:
>
> - Since we don't expect any conventional seismic/volcanic activity, 
> will the network record anything of use?
>
> - I have in my hands 5 to 6 Guralp 5TDE (accelerometers). Will they be 
> able to record noise down to the frequencies of interest?
>
> - Related to the previous, what would be the optimum aperture to 
> deploy the sensors (taking into account we need to extract information 
> down to 3-6 Km)?
>
>
> Any ideas, suggestions or advice are appreciated.
>
> Ilias
>
>
>
>