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1.
Investigation of well-exposed volcaniclastic deposits of Shiveluch volcano indicates that large-scale failures have occurred
at least eight times in its history: approximately 10,000, 5700, 3700, 2600, 1600, 1000, 600 14C BP and 1964 AD. The volcano was stable during the Late Pleistocene, when a large cone was formed (Old Shiveluch), and became
unstable in the Holocene when repetitive collapses of a portion of the edifice (Young Shiveluch) generated debris avalanches.
The transition in stability was connected with a change in composition of the erupting magma (increased SiO2 from ca. 55–56% to 60–62%) that resulted in an abrupt increase of viscosity and the production of lava domes. Each failure
was triggered by a disturbance of the volcanic edifice related to the ascent of a new batch of viscous magma. The failures
occurred before magma intruded into the upper part of the edifice, suggesting that the trigger mechanism was indirectly associated
with magma and involved shaking by a moderate to large volcanic earthquake and/or enhancement of edifice pore pressure due
to pressurised juvenile gas. The failures typically included: (a) a retrogressive landslide involving backward rotation of
slide blocks; (b) fragmentation of the leading blocks and their transformation into a debris avalanche, while the trailing
slide blocks decelerate and soon come to rest; and (c) long-distance runout of the avalanche as a transient wave of debris
with yield strength that glides on a thin weak layer of mixed facies developed at the avalanche base. All the failures of
Young Shiveluch were immediately followed by explosive eruptions that developed along a similar pattern. The slope failure
was the first event, followed by a plinian eruption accompanied by partial fountain collapse and the emplacement of pumice
flows. In several cases the slope failure depressurised the hydrothermal system to cause phreatic explosions that preceded
the magmatic eruption. The collapse-induced plinian eruptions were moderate-sized and ordinary events in the history of the
volcano. No evidence for directed blasts was found associated with any of the slope failures.
Received: 28 June 1998 / Accepted: 28 March 1999 相似文献
2.
Four Late Holocene pyroclastic units composed of block and ash flows, surges, ashfalls of silicic andesite and dacite composition,
and associated lahar deposits represent the recent products emitted by domes on the upper part of Nevado Cayambe, a large
ice-capped volcano 60 km northeast of Quito. These units are correlated stratigraphically with fallout deposits (ash and lapilli)
exposed in a peat bog. Based on 14C dating of the peat and charcoal, the following ages were obtained: ∼910 years BP for the oldest unit, 680–650 years BP for
the second, and 400–360 years BP for the two youngest units. Moreover, the detailed tephrochronology observed in the peat
bog and in other sections implies at least 21 volcanic events during the last 4000 years, comprising three principal eruptive
phases of activity that are ∼300, 800, and 900 years in duration and separated by repose intervals of 600–1000 years. The
last phase, to which the four pyroclastic units belong, has probably not ended, as suggested by an eruption in 1785–1786.
Thus, Cayambe, previously thought to have been dormant for a long time, should be considered active and potentially dangerous
to the nearby population of the Interandean Valley.
Received: 5 July 1997 / Accepted: 21 October 1997 相似文献
3.
Fumarolic activity of Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes, Kamchatka, from 1993 to 1994 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Yuri A. Taran Charles B. Connor Vyacheslav N. Shapar Alexandre A. Ovsyannikov Arthur A. Bilichenko 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1997,58(6):441-448
Volcanic gas and condensate samples were collected in 1993–1994 from fumaroles of Koryaksky and Avachinsky, basaltic andesite
volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula near Petropavlovsk–Kamchatsky. The highest-temperature fumarolic discharges, 220 °C
at Koryaksky and 473 °C at Avachinsky, are water-rich (940–985 mmol/mol of H2O) and have chemical and isotopic characteristics typical of Kamchatka–Kurile, high- and medium-temperature volcanic gases.
The temperature and chemical and water isotopic compositions of the Koryaksky gases have not changed during the past 11 years.
They represent an approximate 2 : 1 mixture of magmatic and meteoric end members. Low-temperature, near-boiling-point discharges
of Avachinsky Volcano are water poor (≈880 mmol/mol); Their compositions have not changed since the 1991 eruption, and are
suggested to be derived from partially condensed magmatic gases at shallow depth. Based on a simple model involving mixing
and single-step steam separation, low water and high CO2 contents, as well as the observed Cl concentration and water isotopic composition in low-temperature discharges, are the
result of near-surface boiling of a brine composed of the almost pure condensed magmatic gas. High methane content in low-temperature
Avachinsky gases and the 220 °C Koryaksky fumarole, low C isotopic ratio in CO2 at Koryaksky (–11.8‰), and water isotope data suggest that the "meteoric" end member contains considerable amounts of the
regional methane-rich thermal water discovered in the vicinity of both volcanoes.
Received: 2 May 1996 / Accepted: 5 November 1996 相似文献
4.
Holocene explosive activity of Hudson Volcano, southern Andes 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
Fallout deposits in the vicinity of the southern Andean Hudson Volcano record at least 12 explosive Holocene eruptions, including
that of August 1991 which produced ≥4 km3 of pyroclastic material. Medial isopachs of compacted fallout deposits for two of the prehistoric Hudson eruptions, dated
at approximately 3600 and 6700 BP, enclose areas at least twice that of equivalent isopachs for both the 1991 Hudson and the
1932 Quizapu eruptions, the two largest in the Andes this century. However, lack of information for either the proximal or
distal tephra deposits from these two prehistoric eruptions of Hudson precludes accurate volume estimates. Andesitic pyroclastic
material produced by the 6700-BP event, including a 1 10-cm-thick layer of compacted tephra that constitutes a secondary
thickness maximum over 900 km to the south in Tierra del Fuego, was dispersed in a more southerly direction than that of the
1991 Hudson eruption. The products of the 6700-BP event consist of a large proportion of fine pumiceous ash and accretionary
lapilli, indicating a violent phreatomagmatic eruption. This eruption, which is considered to be the largest for Hudson and
possibly for any volcano in the southern Andes during the Holocene, may have created Hudson's 10-km-diameter summit caldera,
but the age of the caldera has not been dated independently.
Received: 31 January 1997 / Accepted: 29 October 1997 相似文献
5.
Alexander Belousov 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1996,57(8):649-662
On 30 March 1956 a catastrophic directed blast took place at Bezymianny volcano. It was caused by the failure of 0.5 km3 portion of the volcanic edifice. The blast was generated by decompression of intra-crater dome and cryptodome that had formed
during the preclimactic stage of the eruption. A violent pyroclastic surge formed as a result of the blast and spread in an
easterly direction effecting an area of 500 km2 on the lower flank of the volcano. The thickness of the deposits, although variable, decreases with distance from the volcano
from 2.5 m to 4 cm. The volume of the deposit is calculated to be 0.2–0.4 km3. On average, the deposits are 84% juvenile material (andesite), of which 55% is dense andesite and 29% vesicular andesite.
On a plot of sorting vs median diameter (Inman coefficients) the deposits occupy the area between the fall and flow fields.
In the proximal zone (less than 19 km from the volcano) three layers can be distinguished in the deposits. The lower one (layer
A) is distributed all over the proximal area, is very poorly sorted, enriched in fragments of dense juvenile andesite and
contains an admixture of soil and uncharred plant remains. The middle layer (layer B) is distributed in patches tens to hundreds
of metres across on the surface of layer A. Layer B is relatively well sorted as a result of a very low content of fine fractions,
and it contains rare charred plant remains. The uppermost layer (layer C) forms still smaller patches on the surface of layer
B. Layer C is characterized by intermediate sorting, is enriched in vesicular juvenile andesitic fragments, and contains a
high percentage of the fine fraction and very rare plant remains which are thoroughly charred. Maximum clast size decreases
from layer A to layer C. The absence of internal cross bedding is a characteristic of all three layers. In the distal zone
(more than 19 km from the volcano) stratigraphy changes abruptly. Deposit here consists of one layer 26 to 4 cm in thickness,
is composed of wavy laminated sand with a touch of gravel, is well sorted and contains uncharred plant remains. The Bezymianny
blast deposits are not analogous with known types of pyroclastic surges, with the exception of the directed blast deposits
of the Mount St.Helens eruption of 18 May 1980. The peculiarities of deposits from these two eruptions allow them to be separated
into a special type: blast surge. This type of surge is formed when failure of volcanic edifice relieves the pressure from
an inter-crater dome and/or cryptodome. A model is proposed to explain the peculiarities of the formation, transportation
and emplacement of the Bezymianny blast surge deposits.
Received: 19 December 1994 / Accepted: 12 December 1995 相似文献
6.
Stephen J. Matthews Moyra C. Gardeweg R. Stephen J. Sparks 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1997,59(1):72-82
Lascar Volcano (5592 m; 23°22'S, 67°44'W) entered a new period of vigorous activity in 1984, culminating in a major explosive
eruption in April 1993. Activity since 1984 has been characterised by cyclic behaviour with recognition of four cycles up
to the end of 1993. In each cycle a lava dome is extruded in the active crater, accompanied by vigorous degassing through
high-temperature, high-velocity fumaroles distributed on and around the dome. The fumaroles are the source of a sustained
steam plume above the volcano. The dome then subsides back into the conduit. During the subsidence phase the velocity and
gas output of the fumaroles decrease, and the cycle is completed by violent explosive activity. Subsidence of both the dome
and the crater floor is accommodated by movement on concentric, cylindrical or inward-dipping conical fractures. The observations
are consistent with a model in which gas loss from the dome is progressively inhibited during a cycle and gas pressure increases
within and below the lava dome, triggering a large explosive eruption. Factors that can lead to a decrease in gas loss include
a decrease in magma permeability by foam collapse, reduction in permeability due to precipitation of hydrothermal minerals
in the pores and fractures within the dome and in country rock surrounding the conduit, and closure of open fractures during
subsidence of the dome and crater floor. Dome subsidence may be a consequence of reduction in magma porosity (foam collapse)
as degassing occurs and pressurisation develops as the permeability of the dome and conduit system decreases. Superimposed
upon this activity are small explosive events of shallow origin. These we interpret as subsidence events on the concentric
fractures leading to short-term pressure increases just below the crater floor.
Received: 12 December 1996 / Accepted: 6 May 1997 相似文献
7.
Additional data from proximal areas enable a reconstruction of the stratigraphy and the eruptive chronology of phases III
and IV of the 1982 eruption of El Chichón Volcano. Phase III began on 4 April at 0135 GMT with a powerful hydromagmatic explosion
that generated radially fast-moving (∼100 ms–1) pyroclastic clouds that produced a surge deposit (S1). Due to the sudden reduction in the confining pressure the process
continued by tapping of magma from a deeper source, causing a new explosion. The ejected juvenile material mixed with large
amounts of fragmented dome and wall rock, which were dispersed laterally in several pulses as lithic-rich block-and-ash flow
(F1). Partial evacuation of juvenile material from the magmatic system prompted the entrance of external water to generate
a series of hydromagmatic explosions that dispersed moisture-rich surge clouds and small-volume block-and-ash flows (IU) up
to distances of 3 km from the crater. The eruption continued by further decompression of the magmatic system, with the ensuing
emission of smaller amounts of gas-rich magma which, with the strong erosion of the volcanic conduit, formed a lithic-rich
Plinian column that deposited fallout layer B. Associated with the widening of the vent, an increase in the effective density
of the uprising column took place, causing its collapse. Block-and-ash flows arising from the column collapse traveled along
valleys as a dense laminar flow (F2). In some places, flow regime changes due to topographic obstacles promoted transformation
into a turbulent surge (S2) which attained minimum velocities of approximately 77 ms–1 near the volcano. The process continued with the formation of a new column on 4 April at 1135 GMT (phase IV) that emplaced
fall deposit C and was followed by hydromagmatic explosions which produced pyroclastic surges (S3).
Received: 13 May 1996 / Accepted: 12 November 1996 相似文献
8.
L. Capra J. L. Macías K. M. Scott M. Abrams V. H. Garduo-Monroy 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2002,113(1-2)
Volcanoes of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB) have yielded numerous sector and flank collapses during Pleistocene and Holocene times. Sector collapses associated with magmatic activity have yielded debris avalanches with generally limited runout extent (e.g. Popocatépetl, Jocotitlán, and Colima volcanoes). In contrast, flank collapses (smaller failures not involving the volcano summit), both associated and unassociated with magmatic activity and correlating with intense hydrothermal alteration in ice-capped volcanoes, commonly have yielded highly mobile cohesive debris flows (e.g. Pico de Orizaba and Nevado de Toluca volcanoes). Collapse orientation in the TMVB is preferentially to the south and northeast, probably reflecting the tectonic regime of active E–W and NNW faults. The differing mobilities of the flows transformed from collapses have important implications for hazard assessment. Both sector and flank collapse can yield highly mobile debris flows, but this transformation is more common in the cases of the smaller failures. High mobility is related to factors such as water content and clay content of the failed material, the paleotopography, and the extent of entrainment of sediment during flow (bulking). The ratio of fall height to runout distance commonly used for hazard zonation of debris avalanches is not valid for debris flows, which are more effectively modeled with the relation inundated area to failure or flow volume coupled with the topography of the inundated area. 相似文献
9.
Pierre Delmelle Minoru Kusakabe Alain Bernard Tobias Fischer Simon de Brouwer Esfeca del Mundo 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1998,59(8):562-576
The hydrologic structure of Taal Volcano has favored development of an extensive hydrothermal system whose prominent feature
is the acidic Main Crater Lake (pH<3) lying in the center of an active vent complex, which is surrounded by a slightly alkaline
caldera lake (Lake Taal). This peculiar situation makes Taal prone to frequent, and sometimes catastrophic, hydrovolcanic
eruptions. Fumaroles, hot springs, and lake waters were sampled in 1991, 1992, and 1995 in order to develop a geochemical
model for the hydrothermal system. The low-temperature fumarole compositions indicate strong interaction of magmatic vapors
with the hydrothermal system under relatively oxidizing conditions. The thermal waters consist of highly, moderately, and
weakly mineralized solutions, but none of them corresponds to either water–rock equilibrium or rock dissolution. The concentrated
discharges have high Na contents (>3500 mg/kg) and low SO4/Cl ratios (<0.3). The Br/Cl ratio of most samples suggests incorporation of seawater into the hydrothermal system. Water
and dissolved sulfate isotopic compositions reveal that the Main Crater Lake and spring discharges are derived from a deep
parent fluid (T≈300 °C), which is a mixture of seawater, volcanic water, and Lake Taal water. The volcanic end member is
probably produced in the magmatic-hydrothermal environment during absorption of high-temperature gases into groundwater. Boiling
and mixing of the parent water give rise to the range of chemical and isotopic characteristics observed in the thermal discharges.
Incursion of seawater from the coastal region to the central part of the volcano is supported by the low water levels of the
lakes and by the fact that Lake Taal was directly connected to the China sea until the sixteenth century. The depth to the
seawater-meteoric water interface is calculated to be 80 and 160 m for the Main Crater Lake and Lake Taal, respectively. Additional
data are required to infer the hydrologic structure of Taal. Geochemical surveillance of the Main Crater Lake using the SO4/Cl, Na/K, or Mg/Cl ratio cannot be applied straightforwardly due to the presence of seawater in the hydrothermal system.
Received: 12 February 1997 / Accepted: 26 January 1998 相似文献
10.
Depositional features and transportation mechanism of valley-filling Iwasegawa and Kaida debris avalanches, Japan 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
The depositional features of two valley-filling debris avalanche deposits were studied to reveal their transportation and
depositional mechanisms. The valley-filling Iwasegawa debris avalanche deposit (ca. 0.1 km3) is distributed along the valleys at the southeastern foot of Tashirodake Volcano, northern Honshu, Japan. Debris-avalanche
blocks range in size from <35 m proximally to <10 m in the distal zone and consist dominantly of fragile materials. Debris-avalanche
matrix percentages increase from 35–60% in the proximal zone to 95% in the distal zone. The debris-avalanche matrix is greater
in volume (80–90%) at the bottom and margins of the deposit. Normal grading of large clasts and reverse grading of wood logs
and branches occur within the debris-avalanche matrix. Preferred orientation of 311 wood logs and branches within the deposit
coincide with the interpreted local flow direction. The basal part of the deposit is characterized by (1) erosional features
and incorporated clasts of underlying material; (2) a higher proportion (30–50%) of incorporated clasts than the upper part;
and (3) reverse grading of clasts.
The valley-filling Kaida debris avalanche deposit (50 000 y B.P., >0.3 km3) is distributed along the valleys at the eastern-southeastern foot of Ontake Volcano, central Japan. Debris-avalanche blocks
range in size from <25 m proximally to <7 m in the medial zone. Debris-avalanche matrix percentages increase from 50–70% in
the proximal zone to 80% in the distal zone. The debris-avalanche matrix is more abundant (80–90%) at the bottom part of the
deposit. Deformation structures observed in the debris-avalanche blocks include elongation, folding, conjugate reverse faults,
and numerous minor faults in unconsolidated materials. Lithic components within the debris-avalanche matrix tend to have a
higher percentage of plucked clasts from the adjacent underlying formations.
A Bingham "plug flow" model is consistent with the transportation and depositional mechanisms of the valley-filling debris
avalanches. In the plug of the debris avalanche, fragile blocks were transported without major rupturing due to relatively
small shear stresses in regions of small strain rate. The debris-avalanche matrix was mainly produced by shearing at the bottom
and margins of the avalanche. Valley-filling debris avalanches tend to have smaller debris-avalanche blocks and larger amounts
of debris-avalanche matrix than do unconfined debris avalanches. These differences may be due to disaggregation of debris-avalanche
blocks by shearing against valley walls and interaction between debris-avalanche blocks and valley walls. Oriented wood logs
and branches, reverse grading of clasts at the base, and a higher proportion of incorporated clasts at the base are interpreted
to result from shearing along the bottom and valley walls.
Received: 25 March 1998 / Accepted: 10 October 1998 相似文献
11.
The relationships between soil gas emissions and both tectonic and volcano-tectonic structures on Mt. Etna have been studied.
The investigation consisted of soil CO2 flux measurements along traverses orthogonal to the main faults and eruptive fissures of the volcano. Anomalous levels of
soil degassing were found mainly in coincidence with faults, whereas only 49% of the eruptive fissures were found to produce
elevated CO2 soil fluxes. This result suggests that only zones of strain are able to channel deep gases to the surface. According to this
hypothesis, several previously unknown structures are suggested. Based on our geochemical data, new structural maps of different
areas of Etna are proposed. The soil CO2 fluxes observed in this study are higher than those measured in a 1987 study, and they are consistent with the higher level
of volcanic unrest during the current study.
Received: 20 March 1998 / Accepted: 17 June 1998 相似文献
12.
Measurements of CO2 fluxes from open-vent volcanos are rare, yet may offer special capabilities for monitoring volcanos and forecasting activity.
The measured fluxes of CO2 and SO2 from Mount St. Helens decreased from July through November 1980, but the record includes variations of CO2/SO2 in the emitted gas and episodes of greatly increased fluxes of CO2. We propose that the CO2 flux variations reflect two gas components: (a) a component whose flux decreased in proportion to 1/ √t with a CO2/SO2 mass ratio of 1.7, and (b) a residual flux of CO2 consisting of short-lived, large peaks with a CO2/SO2 mass ratio of 15. We propose two hypotheses: (a) the 1/ √t dependence was generated by crystallization in a deep magma body at rates governed by diffusion-limited heat transfer, and
(b) the gas component with the higher CO2/SO2 was released from ascending magma, which replenished the same magma body. The separation of the total CO2 flux into contributions from known processes permits quantitative inferences about the replenishment and crystallization
rates of open-system magma bodies beneath volcanos. The flux separations obtained by using two gas sources with distinct CO2/SO2 ratios and a peak minus background approach to obtain the CO2 contributions from an intermittent source and a continuously emitting source are similar. The flux separation results support
the hypothesis that the second component was generated by episodic magma ascent and replenishment of the magma body. The diffusion-limited
crystallization hypothesis is supported by the decay of minimum CO2 and SO2 fluxes with 1/ √t after 1 July 1980. We infer that the magma body at Mount St. Helens was replenished at an average rate (2.8×106 m3 d–1) which varied by less than 5% during July, August, and September 1980. The magma body volume (2.4–3.0 km3) in early 1982 was estimated by integrating a crystallization rate function inferred from CO2 fluxes to maximum times (20±4 years) estimated from the increase of sample crystallinity with time. These new volcanic gas
flux separation methods and the existence of relations among the CO2 flux, crystallization rates, and magma body replenishment rates yield new information about the dynamics of an open-vent,
replenished magma body.
Received: 15 February 1995 / Accepted: 30 March 1996 相似文献
13.
Postshield volcanism and catastrophic mass wasting of the Waianae Volcano, Oahu, Hawaii 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
The 3.9- to 2.9-Ma Waianae Volcano is the older of two volcanoes making up the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Exposed on the volcanic
edifice are tholeiitic shield lavas overlain by transitional and alkalic postshield lavas. The postshield "alkalic cap" consists
of aphyric hawaiite of the Palehua Member of the Waianae Volcanics, overlain unconformably by a small volume of alkalic basalt
of the Kolekole Volcanics. Kolekole Volcanics mantle erosional topography, including the uppermost slopes of the great Lualualei
Valley on the lee side of the Waianae Range. Twenty new K–Ar dates, combined with magnetic polarity data and geologic relationships,
constrain the ages of lavas of the Palehua member to 3.06–2.98 Ma and lavas of the Kolekole Volcanics to 2.97–2.90 Ma. The
geochemical data and the nearly contemporaneous ages suggest that the Kolekole Volcanics do not represent a completely independent
or separate volcanic event from earlier postshield activity; thus, the Kolekole Volcanics are reduced in rank, becoming the
Kolekole Member of the Waianae Volcanics. Magmas of the Palehua and Kolekole Members have similar incompatible element ratios,
and both suites show evidence for early crystallization of clinopyroxene consistent with evolution at high pressures below
the edifice. However, lavas of the Kolekole Member are less fractionated and appear to have evolved at greater depths than
the earlier Palehua hawaiites. Postshield primary magma compositions of the Palehua and Kolekole Members are consistent with
formation by partial melting of mantle material of less than 5–10% relative to Waianae shield lavas. Within the section of
Palehua Member lavas, an increase with respect to time of highly incompatible to moderately incompatible element ratios is
consistent with a further decrease in partial melting by approximately 1–2%. This trend is reversed with the onset of eruption
of Kolekole Member lavas, where an increase in extent of partial melting is indicated. The relatively short time interval
between the eruption of Palehua and Kolekole Member lavas appears to date the initial formation of Lualualei Valley, which
was accompanied by a marked change in magmatic conditions. We speculate that the mass-wasting event separating lavas of the
Palehua and Kolekole Members may be related to the formation of a large submarine landslide west and southwest of Waianae
Volcano. Enhanced decompression melting associated with removal of the equivalent volume of this landslide deposit from the
edifice is more than sufficient to produce the modeled increase of 1–2% in extent of melting between the youngest Palehua
magmas and the posterosional magmas of the Kolekole Member. The association between magmatic change and a giant landsliding
event suggests that there may be a general relationship between large mass-wasting events and subsequent magmatism in Hawaiian
volcano evolution.
Received: 1 September 1996 / Accepted: 26 November 1996 相似文献
14.
Volcanic breccias form large parts of composite volcanoes and are commonly viewed as containing pyroclastic fragments emplaced
by pyroclastic processes or redistributed as laharic deposits. Field study of cone-forming breccias of the andesitic middle
Pleistocene Te Herenga Formation on Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand, was complemented by paleomagnetic laboratory investigation
permitting estimation of emplacement temperatures of constituent breccia clasts. The observations and data collected suggest
that most breccias are autoclastic deposits. Five breccia types and subordinate, coherent lava-flow cores constitute nine,
unconformity-bounded constructional units. Two types of breccia are gradational with lava-flow cores. Red breccias gradational
with irregularly shaped lava-flow cores were emplaced at temperatures in excess of 580 °C and are interpreted as aa flow
breccias. Clasts in gray breccia gradational with tabular lava-flow cores, and in some places forming down-slope-dipping avalanche
bedding beneath flows, were emplaced at varying temperatures between 200 and 550 °C and are interpreted as forming part of
block lava flows. Three textural types of breccia are found in less intimate association with lava-flow cores. Matrix-poor,
well-sorted breccia can be traced upslope to lava-flow cores encased in autoclastic breccia. Unsorted boulder breccia comprises
constructional units lacking significant exposed lava-flow cores. Clasts in both of these breccia types have paleomagnetic
properties generally similar to those of the gray breccias gradational with lava-flow cores; they indicate reorientation after
acquisition of some, or all, magnetization and ultimate emplacement over a range of temperatures between 100 and 550 °C.
These breccias are interpreted as autoclastic breccias associated with block lava flows. Matrix-poor, well-sorted breccia
formed by disintegration of lava flows on steep slopes and unsorted boulder breccia is interpreted to represent channel-floor
and levee breccias for block lava flows that continued down slope. Less common, matrix-rich, stratified tuff breccias consisting
of angular blocks, minor scoria, and a conspicuously well-sorted ash matrix were generally emplaced at ambient temperature,
although some deposits contain clasts possibly emplaced at temperatures as high as 525 °C. These breccias are interpreted
as debris-flow and sheetwash deposits with a dominant pyroclastic matrix and containing clasts likely of mixed autoclastic
and pyroclastic origin. Pyroclastic deposits have limited preservation potential on the steep, proximal slopes of composite
volcanoes. Likewise, these steep slopes are more likely sites of erosion and transport by channeled or unconfined runoff rather
than depositional sites for reworked volcaniclastic debris. Autoclastic breccias need not be intimately associated with coherent
lava flows in single outcrops, and fine matrix can be of autoclastic rather than pyroclastic origin. In these cases, and likely
many other cases, the alternation of coherent lava flows and fragmental deposits defining composite volcanoes is better described
as interlayered lava-flow cores and cogenetic autoclastic breccias, rather than as interlayered lava flows and pyroclastic
beds. Reworked deposits are probably insignificant components of most proximal cone-forming sequences.
Received: 1 October 1998 / Accepted: 28 December 1998 相似文献
15.
The 1783–1784 Laki tholeiitic basalt fissure eruption in Iceland was one of the greatest atmospheric pollution events of
the past 250 years, with widespread effects in the northern hemisphere. The degassing history and volatile budget of this
event are determined by measurements of pre-eruption and residual contents of sulfur, chlorine, and fluorine in the products
of all phases of the eruption. In fissure eruptions such as Laki, degassing occurs in two stages: by explosive activity or
lava fountaining at the vents, and from the lava as it flows away from the vents. Using the measured sulfur concentrations
in glass inclusions in phenocrysts and in groundmass glasses of quenched eruption products, we calculate that the total accumulative
atmospheric mass loading of sulfur dioxide was 122 Mt over a period of 8 months. This volatile release is sufficient to have
generated ∼250 Mt of H2SO4 aerosols, an amount which agrees with an independent estimate of the Laki aerosol yield based on atmospheric turbidity measurements.
Most of this volatile mass (∼60 wt.%) was released during the first 1.5 months of activity. The measured chlorine and fluorine
concentrations in the samples indicate that the atmospheric loading of hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid was ∼7.0 and
15.0 Mt, respectively. Furthermore, ∼75% of the volatile mass dissolved by the Laki magma was released at the vents and carried
by eruption columns to altitudes between 6 and 13 km. The high degree of degassing at the vents is attributed to development
of a separated two-phase flow in the upper magma conduit, and implies that high-discharge basaltic eruptions such as Laki
are able to loft huge quantities of gas to altitudes where the resulting aerosols can reside for months or even 1–2 years.
The atmospheric volatile contribution due to subsequent degassing of the Laki lava flow is only 18 wt.% of the total dissolved
in the magma, and these emissions were confined to the lowest regions of the troposphere and therefore important only over
Iceland. This study indicates that determination of the amount of sulfur degassed from the Laki magma batch by measurements
of sulfur in the volcanic products (the petrologic method) yields a result which is sufficient to account for the mass of
aerosols estimated by other methods.
Received: 30 May 1995 / Accepted: 19 April 1996 相似文献