(By J. Haxel, 2010)
Loud explosions, bubbles bursting, rumbling, hissing, and roaring like a jet engine describe some of the sounds heard from volcanoes around the world. Stories ofsounds from historical eruptionstell of loud booms and explosions from volcanoes heard thousands of kilometers away.
One way to classify the types of sound recorded at both seafloor and land volcanoes is by when they occur.Prior to an eruptionwhile the volcano is building up pressure, earthquakes and tremorfrom resonating dikes and conduitsare common sounds captured byacoustic recording devices. The second group of sounds occursduring the active eruption,consisting主要的爆炸,布鲁里溃疡bble bursts and gas jets escaping from volcanic vents.
Sarychev Volcano - Kuril Islands, NE of Japan June 12, 2009 taken from the International Space Station. Note the pyroclastic flow towards the upper left from the eruption column. Image credit: NASA
The links on the right hand side of the page will take you to pages describing the sounds and volcanic processes that occur before and during land and seafloor volcanic eruptions.
