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Degassing and microlite crystallization during pre-climactic events of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
Dacite tephras produced by the 1991 pre-climactic eruptive sequence at Mt. Pinatubo display extreme heterogeneity in vesicularity,
ranging in clast density from 700 to 2580 kg m–3. Observations of the 13 surge-producing blasts that preceded the climactic plinian event include radar-defined estimates
of column heights and seismically defined eruptive and intra-eruptive durations. A comparison of the characteristics of erupted
material, including microlite textures, chemical compositions, and H2O contents, with eruptive parameters suggests that devolatilization-induced crystallization of the magma occurred to a varying
extent prior to at least nine of the explosive events. Although volatile loss progressed to the same approximate level in
all of the clasts analyzed (weight percent H2O=1.26-1.73), microlite crystallization was extremely variable (0–22%). We infer that syn-eruptive volatile exsolution from
magma in the conduit and intra-eruptive separation of the gas phase was facilitated by the development of permeability within
magma residing in the conduit. Correlation of maximum microlite crystallinity with repose interval duration (28–262 min) suggests
that crystallization occurred primarily intra-eruptively, in response to the reduction in dissolved H2O content that occurred during the preceding event. Detailed textural characterization, including determination of three-dimensional
shapes and crystal size distributions (CSD), was conducted on a subset of clasts in order to determine rates of crystal nucleation
and growth using repose interval as the time available for crystallization. Shape and size analysis suggests that crystallization
proceeded in response to lessening degrees of feldspar supersaturation as repose interval durations increased. We thus propose
that during repose intervals, a plug of highly viscous magma formed due to the collapse of vesicular magma that had exsolved
volatiles during the previous explosive event. If plug thickness grew proportionally to the square root of time, and if magma
pressurization increased during the eruptive sequence, the frequency of eruptive pulses may have been modulated by degassing
of magma within the conduit. Dense clasts in surge deposits probably represent plug material entrained by each subsequent
explosive event.
Received: 4 December 1997 / Accepted: 13 September 1998 相似文献
2.
The Middle Scoria deposit represents an explosive eruption of basaltic andesite magma (54 wt. % SiO2) from Okmok volcano during mid-Holocene time. The pattern of dispersal and characteristics of the ejecta indicate that the
eruption opened explosively, with ash textural evidence for a limited degree of phreatomagmatism. The second phase of the
eruption produced thick vesicular scoria deposits with grain texture, size and dispersal characteristics that indicate it
was violent strombolian to subplinian in style. The third eruptive phase produced deposits with a shift towards grain shapes
that are dense, blocky, and poorly vesicular, and intermittent surge layers, indicating later transitions between magmatic
(violent strombolian) to phreatomagmatic (vulcanian) eruptive styles. Isopach maps yield bulk volume estimates that range
from 0.06 to 0.43 km3, with ~ 0.04 to 0.25 km3 total DRE. The associated column heights and mass discharge values calculated from isopleth maps of individual Middle Scoria
layers are 8.5 – 14 km and 0.4 to 45 × 106 kg/s. The Middle Scoria tephras are enriched in plagioclase microlites that have the textural characteristics of rapid magma
ascent and relatively high degrees of effective undercooling. Those textures probably reflect the rapid magma ascent accompanying
the violent strombolian and subplinian phases of the eruption. In the later stages of the eruption, the plagioclase microlite
number densities decrease and textures include more tabular plagioclase, indicating a slowing of the ascent rate. The findings
on the Middle Scoria are consistent with other explosive mafic eruptions, and show that outside of the two large caldera-forming
eruptions, Okmok is also capable of producing violent mafic eruptions, marked by varying degrees of phreatomagmatism. 相似文献
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Bubble and crystal textures provide information with regard to the kinetics of the vesiculation and crystallization processes. They also provide insights into the fluid mechanical behavior of magma in a conduit. We performed textural (bubble and crystal) and compositional analyses of pyroclasts that were obtained from the Tenjo pyroclastic flow, which resulted on account of the eruption in 838 A.D. on Kozu Island, about 200 km south of Tokyo, Japan. Pyroclasts in one flow unit (300∼2,060 kg/m3; average density 1330 kg/m3) can be classified into three types on the basis of vesicle textures. Type I pyroclasts have small isolated spherical bubbles with higher vesicularities (67–77 vol.%) and number density (10.8–11.7 log m−3). Type II pyroclasts have vesicularities similar to type I (61–69 vol.%), but most bubbles exhibit evidences of bubble coalescence, and lower number densities than type I (8.9–9.5 log m−3). Type III pyroclasts contain highly deformed bubbles with lower vesicularities (16–34 vol.%) and number densities (8.2–9.0 log m−3). The microlite volume fraction (DRE converted) also changes consistently across type I, type II, and type III as 0.06, 0.08, and 0.10–0.15, respectively. However, the number density of the microlites remains nearly invariant in all the pyroclast types. These facts indicate that the variation in the microlite volume fraction is controlled not by the number density (i.e., nucleation process), but by the size (i.e., growth process); the growth history of each type of microlite was different. Water content determinations show that the three types of pumices have similar H2O contents (2.6±0.2 wt%). This fact implies that all three types were quenched at nearly the same depth (35±5 MPa, assuming that the magma was water-saturated) in the conduit. If the crystal sizes are limited only by growth time, a variation in this parameter can be related to the residence time, which is attributed to the flow heterogeneity in the conduit. By assuming a laminar Poiseuille-type flow, these textural observations can be explained by the difference in ascent velocity and shearing motion across the conduit, which in turn results in the differences in growth times of crystals, degrees of deformation, and bubble coalescence. Consequently, for crystals in the inner part of the conduit, the crystal growth time from nucleation to quenching is shorter than that near the conduit wall. The vesicle texture variation of bubbles in types I, II, and III results from the difference in the deformation history, implying that the effect of degassing occurred primarily towards the conduit wall. 相似文献
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Plinian/ignimbrite activity stopped briefly and abruptly 16 and 45 h after commencement of the 1912 Novarupta eruption defining three episodes of explosive volcanism before finally giving way after 60 h to effusion of lava domes. We focus here on the processes leading to the termination of the second and third of these three episodes. Early erupted pumice from both episodes show a very similar range in bulk vesicularity, but the modal values markedly decrease and the vesicularity range widens toward the end of Episode III. Clasts erupted at the end of each episode represent textural extremes; at the end of Episode II, clasts have very thin glass walls and a predominance of large bubbles, whereas at the end of Episode III, clasts have thick interstices and more small bubbles. Quantitatively, all clasts have very similar vesicle size distributions which show a division in the bubble population at 30 μm vesicle diameter and cumulative number densities ranging from 107–109 cm–3. Patterns seen in histograms of volume fraction and the trends in the vesicle size data can be explained by coalescence signatures superimposed on an interval of prolonged nucleation and free growth of bubbles. Compared to experimental data for bubble growth in silicic melts, the high 1912 number densities suggest homogeneous nucleation was a significant if not dominant mechanism of bubble nucleation in the dacitic magma. The most distinct clast populations occurred toward the end of Plinian activity preceding effusive dome growth. Distributions skewed toward small sizes, thick walls, and teardrop vesicle shapes are indicative of bubble wall collapse marking maturation of the melt and onset of processes of outgassing. The data suggest that the superficially similar pauses in the 1912 eruption which marked the ends of episodes II and III had very different causes. Through Episode III, the trend in vesicle size data reflects a progressive shift in the degassing process from rapid magma ascent and coupled gas exsolution to slower ascent with partial open-system outgassing as a precursor to effusive dome growth. No such trend is visible in the Episode II clast assemblages; we suggest that external changes involving failure of the conduit/vent walls are more likely to have effected the break in explosive activity at 45 h. 相似文献
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Paul H. Warren G. Jeffrey Taylor Klaus Keil David N. Shirley John T. Wasson 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1983,64(2):175-185
Pristine granite clasts in Apollo-14 breccias 14321 and 14303 have estimated masses of 1.8 and 0.17 g, respectively. The 14321 clast is ~ 60% K-feldspar and 40% quartz, with traces of extremely Mg-poor mafic silicates and ilmenite. The 14303 clast is roughly 33% plagioclase, 32% K-feldspar, 23% quartz, 11% pyroxene, and 1% ilmenite; pyroxene and ilmenite are moderately Mg-rich; plagioclase and pyroxene are strongly zoned. Both clasts are severely brecciated, but monomict (pristine). Both have abundant graphic intergrowths of K-feldspar with quartz. Unlike the majority of similar Earth rocks, both clasts are devoid of hydrous phases. The bulk composition of the 14321 clast is similar to those of several other lunar granitic samples, but the 14303 clast is unique: it bears as close a resemblance to KREEP as it does to other lunar granites. Silicate liquid immiscibility may explain why the granites are low in REE relative to KREEP. 相似文献
6.
Guido Giordano 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1998,60(1):10-26
The Quaternary White Trachytic Tuffs Formation from Roccamonfina Volcano (southern Italy) comprises four non-welded, trachytic,
pyroclastic sequences bounded by paleosols, each of which corresponds to small- to intermediate-volume explosive eruptions
from central vents. From oldest to youngest they are: White Trachytic Tuff (WTT) Cupa, WTT Aulpi, WTT S. Clemente, and WTT
Galluccio. The WTT Galluccio eruption was the largest and emplaced ∼ 4 km3 of magma. The internal stratigraphy of all four WTT eruptive units is a complex association of fallout, surge, and pyroclastic
flow deposits. Each eruptive unit is organized into two facies associations, Facies Association A below Facies Association
B. The emplacement of the two facies associations may have been separated by short time breaks allowing for limited reworking
and erosion. Facies Association A consists of interbedded fallout deposits, surge deposits, and subordinate ignimbrites. This
facies association involved the eruption of the most evolved trachytic magma, and pumice clasts are white and well vesiculated.
The grain size coarsens upward in Facies Association A, with upward increases of dune bedform wavelengths and a decrease in
the proportion of fine ash. These trends could reflect an increase in eruption column height from the onset of the eruption
and possibly also in mass eruption rate. Facies Association B comprises massive ignimbrites that are progressively richer
in lithic clast content. This association involved the eruption of more mafic magma, and pumice clasts are gray and poorly
vesiculated. Facies Association B is interpreted to record the climax of the eruption. Phreatomagmatic deposits occur at different
stratigraphic levels in the four WTT and have different facies characteristics. The deposits reflect the style and degree
of magma–water interaction and the local hydrogeology. Very fine-grained, lithic-poor phreatomagmatic surge deposits found
at the base of WTT Cupa and WTT Galluccio could record the interaction of the erupting magma with a lake that occupied the
Roccamonfina summit depression. Renewed magma–water interaction later in the WTT Galluccio eruption is indicated by fine grained,
lithic-bearing phreatomagmatic fall and surge deposits occurring at the top of Facies Association A. They could be interpreted
to reflect shifts of the magma fragmentation level to highly transmissive, regional aquifers located beneath the Roccamonfina
edifice, possibly heralding a caldera collapse event.
Received: 26 August 1996 / Accepted: 27 February 1998 相似文献
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Chiara Lesti Massimiliano Porreca Guido Giordano Massimo Mattei Raymond A. F. Cas Heather M. N. Wright Chris B. Folkes Josè Viramonte 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2011,73(10):1535-1565
Estimates of pyroclastic flow emplacement temperatures in the Cerro Galán ignimbrite and Toconquis Group ignimbrites were
determined using thermal remanent magnetization of lithic clasts embedded within the deposits. These ignimbrites belong to
the Cerro Galán volcanic system, one of the largest calderas in the world, in the Puna plateau, NW Argentina. Temperature
estimates for the 2.08-Ma Cerro Galán ignimbrite are retrieved from 40 sites in 14 localities (176 measured clasts), distributed
at different distances from the caldera and different stratigraphic heights. Additionally, temperature estimates were obtained
from 27 sample sites (125 measured clasts) from seven ignimbrite units forming the older Toconquis Group (5.60–4.51 Ma), mainly
outcropping along a type section at Rio Las Pitas, Vega Real Grande. The paleomagnetic data obtained by progressive thermal
demagnetization show that the clasts of the Cerro Galán ignimbrite have one single magnetic component, oriented close to the
expected geomagnetic field at the time of emplacement. Results show therefore that most of the clasts acquired a new magnetization
oriented parallel to the magnetic field at the moment of the ignimbrite deposition, suggesting that the clasts were heated
up to or above the highest blocking temperature (T
b) of the magnetic minerals (T
b = 580°C for magnetite; T
b = 600–630°C for hematite). We obtained similar emplacement temperature estimations for six out of the seven volcanic units
belonging to the Toconquis Group, with the exception of one unit (Lower Merihuaca), where we found two distinct magnetic components.
The estimation of emplacement temperatures in this latter case is constrained at 580–610°C, which are lower than the other
ignimbrites. These estimations are also in agreement with the lowest pre-eruptive magma temperatures calculated for the same
unit (i.e., 790°C; hornblende–plagioclase thermometer; Folkes et al. 2011b). We conclude that the Cerro Galán ignimbrite and Toconquis Group ignimbrites were emplaced at temperatures equal to or higher
than 620°C, except for Lower Merihuaca unit emplaced at lower temperatures. The homogeneity of high temperatures from proximal
to distal facies in the Cerro Galán ignimbrite provides constraints for the emplacement model, marked by a relatively low
eruption column, low levels of turbulence, air entrainment, surface–water interaction, and a high level of topographic confinement,
all ensuring minimal heat loss. 相似文献
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Simon J. Barker Melissa D. Rotella Colin J. N. Wilson Ian C. Wright Richard J. Wysoczanski 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2012,74(6):1425-1443
Pyroclastic deposits from four caldera volcanoes in the Kermadec arc have been sampled from subaerial sections (Raoul and Macauley) and by dredging from the submerged volcano flanks (Macauley, Healy, and the newly discovered Raoul SW). Suites of 16–32?mm sized clasts have been analyzed for density and shape, and larger clasts have been analyzed for major element compositions. Density spectra for subaerial dry-type eruptions on Raoul Island have narrow unimodal distributions peaking at vesicularities of 80–85%, whereas ingress of external water (wet-type eruption) or extended timescales for degassing generate broader distributions, including denser clasts. Submarine-erupted pyroclasts show two different patterns. Healy and Raoul SW dredge samples and Macauley Island subaerial-emplaced samples are dominated by modes at ~80–85%, implying that submarine explosive volcanism at high eruption rates can generate clasts with similar vesicularities to their subaerial counterparts. A minor proportion of Healy and Raoul SW clasts also show a pink oxidation color, suggesting that hot clasts met air despite 0.5 to >1?km of intervening water. In contrast, Macauley dredged samples have a bimodal density spectrum dominated by clasts formed in a submarine-eruptive style that is not highly explosive. Macauley dredged pyroclasts are also the mixed products of multiple eruptions, as shown by pumice major-element chemistry, and the sea-floor deposits reflect complex volcanic and sedimentation histories. The Kermadec calderas are composite features, and wide dispersal of pumice does not require large single eruptions. When coupled with chemical constraints and textural observations, density spectra are useful for interpreting both eruptive style and the diversity of samples collected from the submarine environment. 相似文献
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On the significance of CO2 inclusions in plagioclase microphenocrysts in tholeiite from Moeraki,New Zealand 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Liquid plus vapour inclusions of CO2 are widespread in plagioclase microphenocrysts in small tholeiitic intrusions and tephra of the Moeraki and adjacent areas
of northeast Otago, New Zealand. They imply the presence of immiscible CO2 droplets in the magma at depths of about 7–14 km. Their presence within 5 μm of the edges of microphenocrysts as little as
35 μm thick and 118 μm long indicates minimal feldspar crystal growth during the final ascent and quenching of the magma.
Delicate branching clusters of lath-like microphenocrysts escaped disruption during this ascent. Such CO2 inclusions are a potential source of ‘excess argon’ perturbing K-Ar age determinations.
Received March 24, 1993/Accepted September 10, 1993 相似文献
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Eruptive style of the young high-Mg basaltic-andesite Pelagatos scoria cone,southeast of México City 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
The eruption of the Pelagatos scoria cone in the Sierra Chichinautzin monogenetic field near the southern suburbs of Mexico
City occurred less than 14,000 years ago. The eruption initiated at a fissure with an effusive phase that formed a 7-km-long
lava flow, and continued with a phase of alternating and/or simultaneous explosive and effusive activity that built a 50-m-high
scoria cone on the western end of the fissure and formed a compound lava flow-field near the vent. The eruption ended with
the emplacement of a short lava flow that breached the cone and was accompanied by weak explosions at the crater. Products
consist of a microlite-rich high-Mg basaltic andesite. Samples were analyzed to determine the magma’s initial properties as
well as the effects of degassing-induced crystallization on eruptive style. Although distal ash fallout deposits from this
eruption are not preserved, a recent quarry exposes a large section of the scoria cone. Detailed study of exposed layers allows
us to elucidate the mode of cone-building activity. Petrological and textural data, combined with models calibrated by experimental
work and melt-inclusion analyses of similar magmas elsewhere, indicate that the magma was initially hot (>1,200°C), gas-rich
(up to 5 wt.% H2O), crystal-poor (~10 vol.% Fo90 olivine phenocrysts) and thus poorly viscous (40–80 Pa s). During the early phase, low magma ascent velocity at the fissure
vent allowed low-viscosity magma to degas and crystallize during ascent, producing lava flows with elevated crystal contents
at T < 1,100°C, and blocky surfaces. Later, the closure of the fissure by cooling dikes focused the magma flow at a narrow section
of the fissure. This led to an increased magma ascent velocity. Rapid and shallow degassing (<3 km deep) triggered ~40 vol.%
microlite crystallization. Limited times for gas-escape and higher magma viscosity (6 × 105–4 × 106 Pa s) drove strong explosions of highly (60–80 vol.%) and finely vesicular magma. Coarse clasts broke on landing, which implies
brittle behavior due to complete solidification. This requires sufficient time to cool and in turn implies ejection heights
of over 1 km, which is much higher than “normal” Strombolian activity. Hence, magma viscosity significantly impacts eruption style at monogenetic volcanoes because it affects the kinetics
of shallow degassing. The long-lasting eruptions of Jorullo and Paricutin, which produced similar magmas in western México,
were more explosive. This can be related to higher magma fluxes and total erupted volumes. Implications of this study are
important because basaltic andesites are commonly erupted to form monogenetic scoria cones of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. 相似文献
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Chris B. Folkes Shanaka L. de Silva Heather M. Wright Raymond A. F. Cas 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2011,73(10):1455-1486
By applying a number of analytical techniques across a spectrum of spatial scales (centimeter to micrometer) in juvenile components,
we show that the Cerro Galán volcanic system has repeatedly erupted magmas with nearly identical geochemistries over >3.5 Myr.
The Cerro Galán system produced nine ignimbrites (∼5.6 to 2 Ma) with a cumulative volume of >1,200 km3 (DRE; dense rock equivalent) of calc-alkaline, high-K rhyodacitic magmas (68–71 wt.% SiO2). The mineralogy is broadly constant throughout the eruptive sequence, comprising plagioclase, quartz, biotite, Fe–Ti oxides,
apatite, and titanite. Early ignimbrite magmas also contained amphibole, while the final eruption, the most voluminous Cerro
Galán ignimbrite (CGI; 2.08 ± 0.02 Ma) erupted a magma containing rare amphibole, but significant sanidine. Each ignimbrite
contains two main juvenile clast types; dominant “white” pumice and ubiquitous but subordinate “grey” pumice. Fe–Ti oxide
and amphibole-plagioclase thermometry coupled with amphibole barometry suggest that the grey pumice originated from potentially
hotter and deeper magmas (800–840°C, 3–5 kbar) than the more voluminous white pumice (770–810°C, 1.5–2.5 kbar). The grey pumice
is interpreted to represent the parental magmas to the Galán system emplaced into the upper crust from a deeper storage zone.
Most inter-ignimbrite variations can be accounted for by differences in modal mineralogy and crystal contents that vary from
40 to 55 vol.% on a vesicle-free basis. Geochemical modeling shows that subtle bulk-rock variations in Ta, Y, Nb, Dy, and
Yb between the Galán ignimbrites can be reconciled with differences in amounts of crystal fractionation from the “grey” parent
magma. The amount of fractionation is inversely correlated with volume; the CGI (∼630 km3) and Real Grande Ignimbrite (∼390 km3) return higher F values (proportion of liquid remaining) than the older Toconquis Group ignimbrites (<50 km3), implying less crystal fractionation took place during the upper-crustal evolution of these larger volume magmas. We attribute
this relationship to variations in magma chamber geometry; the younger, largest volume ignimbrites came from flat sill-like
magma chambers, reducing the relative proportion of sidewall crystallization and fractionation compared to the older, smaller-volume
ignimbrite eruptions. The grey pumice clasts also show evidence of silicic recharge throughout the history of the Cerro Galán
system, and recharge days prior to eruption has previously been suggested based on reversely zoned (OH and Cl) apatite phenocrysts.
A rare population of plagioclase phenocrysts with thin An-rich rims in juvenile clasts in many ignimbrites supports the importance
of recharge in the evolution and potential triggering of eruptions. This study extends the notion that large volumes of nearly
identical silicic magmas can be generated repeatedly, producing prolonged geochemical homogeneity from a long-lived magma
source in a subduction zone volcanic setting. At Cerro Galán, we propose that there is a zone between mantle magma input and
upper crustal chambers, where magmas are geochemically “buffered”, producing the underlying geochemical and isotopic signatures.
This produces the same parental magmas that are delivered repeatedly to the upper crust. A lower-crustal MASH (melting, assimilation,
storage, and homogenization) zone is proposed to act as this buffer zone. Subsequent upper crustal magmatic processes serve
only to slightly modify the geochemistry of the magmas. 相似文献
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Coarse, co-ignimbrite lithic breccia, Ebx, occurs at the base of ignimbrite E, the most voluminous and widespread unit of
the Kos Plateau Tuff (KPT) in Greece. Similar but generally less coarse-grained basal lithic breccias (Dbx) are also associated
with the ignimbrites in the underlying D unit. Ebx shows considerable lateral variations in texture, geometry and contact
relationships but is generally less than a few metres thick and comprises lithic clasts that are centimetres to a few metres
in diameter in a matrix ranging from fines bearing (F2: 10 wt.%) to fines poor (F2: 0.1 wt.%). Lithic clasts are predominantly
vent-derived andesite, although clasts derived locally from the underlying sedimentary formations are also present. There
are no proximal exposures of KPT. There is a highly irregular lower erosional contact at the base of ignimbrite E at the closest
exposures to the inferred vent, 10–14 km from the centre of the inferred source, but no Ebx was deposited. From 14 to <20 km
from source, Ebx is present over a planar erosional contact. At 16 km Ebx is a 3-m-thick, coarse, fines-poor lithic breccia
separated from the overlying fines-bearing, pumiceous ignimbrite by a sharp contact. This grades downcurrent into a lithic
breccia that comprises a mixture of coarse lithic clasts, pumice and ash, or into a thinner one-clast-thick lithic breccia
that grades upward into relatively lithic-poor, pumiceous ignimbrite. Distally, 27 to <36 km from source Ebx is a finer one-clast-thick
lithic breccia that overlies a non-erosional base. A downcurrent change from strongly erosional to depositional basal contacts
of Ebx dominantly reflects a depletive pyroclastic density current. Initially, the front of the flow was highly energetic
and scoured tens of metres into the underlying deposits. Once deposition of the lithic clasts began, local topography influenced
the geometry and distribution of Ebx, and in some cases Ebx was deposited only on topographic crests and slopes on the lee-side
of ridges. The KPT ignimbrites also contain discontinuous lithic-rich layers within texturally uniform pumiceous ignimbrite.
These intra-ignimbrite lithic breccias are finer grained and thinner than the basal lithic breccias and overlie non-erosional
basal contacts. The proportion of fine ash within the KPT lithic breccias is heterogeneous and is attributed to a combination
of fluidisation within the leading part of the flow, turbulence induced locally by interaction with topography, flushing by
steam generated by passage of pyroclastic density currents over and deposition onto wet mud, and to self-fluidisation accompanying
the settling of coarse, dense lithic clasts. There are problems in interpreting the KPT lithic breccias as conventional co-ignimbrite
lithic breccias. These problems arise in part from the inherent assumption in conventional models that pyroclastic flows are
highly concentrated, non-turbulent systems that deposit en masse. The KPT coarse basal lithic breccias are more readily interpreted
in terms of aggradation from stratified, waning pyroclastic density currents and from variations in lithic clast supply from
source.
Received: 21 April 1997 / Accepted: 4 October 1997 相似文献
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L. Costantini B.F. Houghton C. Bonadonna 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2010,189(3-4):207-224
The Fontana Lapilli deposit is one of very few examples of basaltic Plinian eruptions discovered so far. Juvenile clasts have uniform chemical composition and moderate ranges of density and bulk vesicularity. However, clast populations include two textural varieties which are microlite-poor and microlite-rich respectively. These two clast types have the same clast density range, making a distinction impossible on that base alone. The high bubble number density (~ 107 cm? 3) and small bubble population of the Fontana clasts suggest that the magma underwent coupled degassing following rapid decompression and fast ascent rate, leading to non-equilibrium degassing with continuous nucleation as it is common for silicic analogues. The Fontana products have lower microlite contents (10–60 vol.%) with respect to the other documented basaltic Plinian eruptions suggesting that the brittle fragmentation, implied for the other basaltic Plinian deposits, does not apply to the Fontana products and another fragmentation mechanism led the basaltic magma to erupt in a Plinian fashion. 相似文献
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Rounding of pumice clasts during transport: field measurements and laboratory studies 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Volcanic clasts in many pyroclastic density current deposits are notably more round than their counterparts in corresponding
fall deposits. This increase in roundness and sphericity reflects different degrees of comminution, abrasion and breakup during
transport. We performed experimental measurements to determine an empirical relationship between particle shape and mass loss caused by particle–particle interactions. We consider, as examples, pumice
from four volcanoes: Medicine Lake, California; Lassen, California; Taupo, New Zealand; Mount St Helens, Washington. We find
that average sample roundness reaches a maximum value once particles lose between 15% and 60% of their mass. The most texturally
homogeneous clasts (Taupo) become the most round. Crystal-rich pumice abrades more slowly than crystal-free pumice of similar
density. Abrasion rates also decrease with time as particles become less angular. We compare our experimental measurements
with the shapes of clasts in one of the May 18, 1980 pyroclastic density current units at Mount St Helens, deposited 4–8 km
from the vent. The measured roundness of these clasts is close to the experimentally determined maximum value. For a much
smaller deposit from the 1915 Lassen eruption, clast roundness is closer to the value for pumice in fall deposits and suggests
that only a few volume percent of material was removed from large clasts. In neither field deposit do we see a significant
change in roundness with increasing distance from the vent. We suggest that this trend is recorded because much of the rounding
and ash production occur in proximal regions where the density currents are the most energetic. As a result, all clasts that
are deposited have experienced similar amounts of comminution in the proximal region, and similar amounts of abrasion as they
settle through the dense, near-bed region prior to final deposition. 相似文献
15.
R. S. J. Sparks M. C. Gardeweg E. S. Calder S. J. Matthews 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1997,58(7):557-565
Pyroclastic flows generated in the 19–20 April 1993 eruption of Lascar Volcano, Chile, produced spectacular erosion features.
Scree and talus were stripped from the channels and steep slopes on the flanks of the volcano. Exposed bedrock and boulders
suffered severe abrasion, producing smoothed surfaces on coarse breccias and striations and percussion marks on bedrock and
large boulders. Erosional furrows developed with wavelengths of 0.5–2 m and depths of 0.1–0.3 m. Furrows commonly nucleated
downstream of large boulders or blocks, which are striated on the upstream side, and thereby produced crag-and-tail structures.
Erosive features were produced where flows accelerated through topographic restrictions or where they moved over steep slopes.
The pyroclastic flows are inferred to have segregated during movement into lithic-rich and pumice-rich parts. Lithic-rich
deposits occur on slopes up to 14°, whereas pumice-rich deposits occur only on slopes less than 4°, and mainly at the margins
and distal parts of the 1993 fan. The lithic-rich deposits contain large (up to 1 m) lithic clasts eroded from the substrate
and transported from the vent, whereas pumice-rich deposits contain only small (typically <2 cm) lithic clasts. These observations
suggest that lithic clasts segregated to the base of the flows and were responsible for much of the erosive phenomena. The
erosive features, distribution of lithic clasts and deposit morphology indicate that the 1993 flows were highly concentrated
avalanches dominated by particle interactions. In some places the flows slid over the bedrock causing abrasion and long striations
which imply that large blocks were locked in fixed positions for periods of about 1 s. However, shorter striae at different
angles, impact marks, segregation of the deposits into pumice- and lithic-rich parts, and mixing of bedrock-derived lithic
clasts throughout the deposits indicate that clasts often had some freedom of movement and that jostling of particles allowed
internal mixing and density segregation to occur within the flows.
Received: 15 July 1996 / Accepted: 15 January 1997 相似文献
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X-ray computed microtomography (μCT) was carried out on four pyroclasts from the 1997 Vulcanian explosions of Soufrière Hills
Volcano, Montserrat. Three-dimensional data from multiple image stacks with different spatial resolutions (0.37, 4–8, and
17.4 μm px−1) were combined to generate size distributions of vesicles, inter-vesicle throats, crystals, and Fe–Ti oxides over a 3.4–860-μm
size range, and to compare the results with those obtained by 2D image analysis on the same samples. Qualitative textural
observations are in good agreement with those made in 2D, but μCT provides better resolution of textural features and spatial
relationships. Calculation of size distributions requires automated decoalescence of the connected vesicle network. Problems
related to this process, in part due to the high porosity of pumice, result in potential artefacts in the calculated size
distributions, which are discussed in detail. The main modes of the 3D vesicle volume distributions are systematically shifted
to larger sizes compared with those of the 2D distributions. Sample total vesicularities obtained in 3D are within 13 vol.%
of those found in 2D, and within 10 vol.% of those measured by He-pycnometry. Total number densities of vesicles and Fe–Ti
oxides from the two methods are consistent only to the first order, 3D values ranging from 37% to 309% of those in 2D. Vesicle
coalescence, investigated by examining inter-vesicle throat size distributions, occurred in all pyroclasts between neighbouring
vesicles of many sizes. The larger the vesicle, the more connected it is. 相似文献
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Eruption dynamics of Hawaiian-style fountains: the case study of episode 1 of the Kīlauea Iki 1959 eruption 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Wendy K. Stovall B. F. Houghton H. Gonnermann S. A. Fagents D. A. Swanson 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2011,73(5):511-529
Hawaiian eruptions are characterized by fountains of gas and ejecta, sustained for hours to days that reach tens to hundreds
of meters in height. Quantitative analysis of the pyroclastic products from the 1959 eruption of Kīlauea Iki, Kīlauea volcano,
Hawai‘i, provides insights into the processes occurring during typical Hawaiian fountaining activity. This short-lived but
powerful eruption contained 17 fountaining episodes and produced a cone and tephra blanket as well as a lava lake that interacted
with the vent and fountain during all but the first episode of the eruption, the focus of this paper. Microtextural analysis
of Hawaiian fountaining products from this opening episode is used to infer vesiculation processes within the fountain and
shallow conduit. Vesicle number densities for all clasts are high (106–107 cm−3). Post-fragmentation expansion of bubbles within the thermally-insulated fountain overprints the pre-fragmentation bubble
populations, leading to a reduction in vesicle number density and increase in mean vesicle size. However, early quenched rims
of some clasts, with vesicle number densities approaching 107 cm−3, are probably a valid approximation to magma conditions near fragmentation. The extent of clast evolution from low vesicle-to-melt
ratio and corresponding high vesicle number density to higher vesicle-to-melt ratio and lower vesicle-number density corresponds
to the length of residence time within the fountain. 相似文献
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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
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The Zaragoza ignimbrite and two enclosing rhyodacite pumice fall layers were emplaced during the 15 km3 (DRE), ∼0.1 Ma Zaragoza eruption from Los Humeros volcanic centre, 180 km east of Mexico City. The ignimbrite comprises several massive flow-units, the largest of which locally exceeds 20 m in thickness and is regionally traceable. It comprises massive lapilli-ash with vertical elutriation pipes, and has a fine-grained inverse-graded base and a pumice concentration zone at the top. It also exhibits an unusual gradational ‘double’ vertical compositional zonation that is widely traceable. A basal rhyodacitic (67.6–69 wt% SiO2) zone grades up via a mixed zone into a central andesitic (58–62 wt% SiO2) zone, which, in turn, grades up into an upper rhyodacitic (67.6–69 wt% SiO2) zone. Zoning is also defined by vertical variations in lithic clast populations. We infer that pyroclastic fountaining fed initially rhyodacite pumice clasts to a sustained granular fluid-based pyroclastic density current. The composition of the pumice clasts supplied to the current then gradually changed, first to andesite and then back to rhyodacite. Inverse grading at the base of the massive layer may reflect initial waxing flow competence. The pumice concentration at the top of the massive layer is entirely rhyodacitic and was probably deposited during waning stages of the current, when the supply of andesitic pumice clasts had ceased. The return to rhyodacitic composition may have been the result of eruption-conduit modification during collapse of Los Potreros caldera, marked in the ignimbrite by a widespread influx of hydrothermally altered lithic blocks, and/or a decrease in draw-up depth from a compositionally stratified magma chamber as the eruptive mass flux waned. The massive layer of ignimbrite thins locally to less than 2 m, yet it still shows the double zonation. Correlation of the zoning suggests that the thin massive layer is stratigraphically condensed, and aggraded relatively slowly during the same time interval as did the much thicker (≤50 m) massive layer.Editorial responsibility: J McPhie 相似文献
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Wendy K. Stovall Bruce F. Houghton Julia E. Hammer Sarah A. Fagents Don A. Swanson 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2012,74(2):441-455
The 1959 summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano produced the highest recorded Hawaiian fountain in Hawai‘i. Quantitative analysis
of closely spaced samples from the final two high-fountaining episodes of the eruption result in a fine-scale textural study
of pyroclasts and provide a record of postfragmentation processes. As clast vesicularity increases, the vesicle number density
decreases and vesicle morphology shifts from small and round to larger and more irregular. The shift in microtexture corresponds
to greater degrees of postfragmentation expansion of clasts with higher vesicularity. We suggest the range of clast morphologies
in the deposit is related to thermal zonation within a Hawaiian fountain where the highest vesicularity clasts traveled in
the center and lowest traveled along the margins. Vesicle number densities are greatest in the highest fountaining episode
and therefore scale with intensity of activity. Major element chemical analyses and fasciculate crystal textures indicate
microlite-rich zones within individual clasts are portions of recycled lava lake material that were incorporated into newly
vesiculating primary melt. 相似文献