11-10-2018, 01:20 PM
From what USGS has shared with us up in Volcano, the refilling of the LERZ/ MERZ is expected and essentially “normal” volcanic behavior after a large output of lava from the storage chambers under Kilauea. The concern is that down in the LERZ, it is unknown why the eruption ceased...did a lava chamber collapse and creat a blockage...did the lava chambers in LERZ decrease to the amount below the lava tubes that feed Fissure 8 so it is a pause. No one knows for sure if this is Pau yet. The refilling of the LERZ/ MERZ is normal so perhaps that is why there has not been much press about it.
Stacey
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Living the life in Cali and Hawai‘i
Stacey
Stacey
Living the life in Cali and Hawai‘i
Stacey
Living the life in Cali and Hawai‘i
Living the life in Cali and Hawai‘i