Understanding Dome-building Eruptions: a Rheological and Acoustic Study

iv v […] and Pachamama trembled, for long it roar and longer it went on, and before exhaustion, fire slit its throat and cinders went tumbling down the slopes of Tungurahua; I was high up, over there, and saw everything Later it settled… …the next day, the riders stormed by and stirred it all again. We can look at the photographs later […]-telltale of a friend who witness the August 2006 eruption of Tungurahua, Ecuador …Maman, on est quoi? vi vii Table of Content i) List of figures ix ii) List of tables x iii) Acknowledgments xi iv) Preamble xiii v) Summary xiv vi) Zusammenfassung xvi Chapter 1. Introduction 21 1.1. lava rheology 22 1.2. Seismogenic volcanic conduits 25 1.3. Acoustic Emission (AE) 26 1.4. Failure Forecast Method (FFM) 27 1.5. Uniaxial compression experiments 28 Chapter 2. High-load, high-temperature deformation apparatus for synthetic and natural silicate melts) 32 2.