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Evidence for a seismic activity mainly constituted of hybrid events at Cayambe volcano, Ecuador. Interpretation in a iced-domes volcano context

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The high activity level of Hybrid Events (HE) detected beneath the Cayambe volcano since 1989 has been more thoroughly investigated with data from a temporary array. The unusual HE spectral content allows separating a high-frequency signal riding on a low-frequency one, with a probable single source. HEs are interpreted as high frequency VT events, produced by the interaction between magmatic heat and an underground water system fed by thaw water from the summital glacier, which trigger simultaneous low-frequency fluid resonance in the highly fractured adjacent medium. Pure VTs are interpreted as aborted' HEs occurring probably in the oldest and coldest part of the volcano complex.

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insu-00354595 , version 1 (20-01-2009)

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B. Guillier, Jean-Luc Chatelain. Evidence for a seismic activity mainly constituted of hybrid events at Cayambe volcano, Ecuador. Interpretation in a iced-domes volcano context. Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 2006, 338 (8), pp.499 à 506. ⟨10.1016/j.crte.2006.03.004⟩. ⟨insu-00354595⟩
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