“Understanding the anatomy of the Uturuncu volcanic system was only possible thanks to the expertise within the research team. This enabled us to combine various advanced geophysical imaging tools with modelling of the rock properties and their interactions with fluids,” said Professor Haijiang Zhang, the co-author from the School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, in the press release.
The team suggests that the study techniques be valuable for investigating over 1400 potentially active volcanoes and the many other seemingly inactive, zombie-like volcanoes.
The study involved researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, the University of Oxford, and Cornell University.
The findings were published in the journal PNAS.