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Influence of pre-eruptive storage conditions and volatile contents on explosive Plinian style eruptions of basic magma 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
Sub-Plinian to Plinian eruptions of basic magma present a challenge to modeling volcanic behavior because many models rely
on magma becoming viscous enough during ascent to behave brittlely and cause fragmentation. Such models are unable, however,
to strain low viscosity magma fast enough for it to behave brittlely. That assumes that such magmas actually have low viscosities,
but the rare Plinian eruptions of basic magma may in fact result from them being anomalously viscous. Here, we examine two
such eruptions, the 122 B.C. eruption of hawaiitic basalt from Mt. Etna and the late Pleistocene eruption of basaltic andesite
from Masaya Caldera, to test whether they were anomalously viscous. We carried out hydrothermal experiments on both magmas
and analyzed glass inclusions in plagioclase phenocrysts from each to determine their most likely pre-eruptive temperatures
and water contents. We find that the hawaiite was last stored at 1,000–1,020°C, whereas the basaltic andesite was last stored
at 1,010–1,060°C, and that both were water saturated with ∼3.0 wt.% water dissolved in them. Such water contents are not high
enough to trigger Plinian explosive behavior, as much more hydrous basic magmas erupt less violently. In addition, despite
being relatively cool, the viscosities of both magmas would range from ∼102.2–2.5 Pa s before erupting to ∼104 Pa s when essentially degassed, all of which are too fluid to cause brittle disruption. Without invoking special external
forces to explain all such eruptions, one of the more plausible explanations is that when the bubble content reaches some
critical value the fragile foam-like magma disrupts. The rarity of Plinian eruptions of basic magma may be because such magmas
must ascend fast enough to retain their bubbles. 相似文献
2.
Charles R. Stern 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2008,70(4):435-454
For regionally widespread Holocene tephra layers in southernmost Patagonia, correlations based on both chemical and chronological
data indicate their derivation from five large-volume (>1 km3) explosive eruptions of four different volcanoes in the southernmost Andes. Bulk-tephra and tephra-glass major and trace-element
chemistry and Sr isotopic ratios unambiguously distinguish different source volcanoes, and imply that two of the regionally
widespread tephra (MB1 and MB2) were derived from Mt. Burney (52°S), one (R1) from Reclus (51°S), one (A1) from Aguilera (50°S) and one (H1) from Hudson volcano (46°S). The H1 tephra derived from the Hudson volcano, which is located at the southern end of the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone (SVZ; 33–46°S),
contains distinctive greenish andesitic glass with FeO > 4.5 wt.% and TiO2 > 1.2 wt.%. In contrast, rhyolitic glass in tephra derived from the eruptions of Mt. Burney, Reclus and Aguilera volcanoes,
which are located in the Andean Austral Volcanic Zone (AVZ; 49–55°S), is clear and transparent and has significantly lower
FeO and TiO2. Tephra derived from these three AVZ volcanoes all contain plagioclase, orthopyroxene, minor clinopyroxene and amphibole.
Biotite occurs only in the Aguilera A1 tephra, which also has the highest bulk-tephra and tephra-glass K2O and Rb contents. Averages of new and published 14C ages determined on organic material in soil and sediment samples above and below these tephra constrain the uncalibrated
14C age of the R1 eruption of Reclus volcano to 12,685 ± 260 years BP, the MB1 and MB2 eruptions of Mt. Burney to 8,425 ± 500 and 3,830 ± 390 years BP, the Hudson H1 eruption to 6,850 ± 160 years BP, and the A1 eruption of Aguilera volcano to 3,000 ± 100 years BP. The volume of the largest of these eruptions, H1 of the Hudson volcano, is estimated as >18 km3. The volume of the Reclus R1 eruption is estimated at >10 km3, the Aguilera A1 eruption at between 4 and 9 km3, and the younger Mt. Burney MB2 eruption at ≥2.8 km3. The volume of the older MB1 Mt. Burney eruption is the least well constrained, but must have been larger than the younger MB2 eruption. The data indicate that the frequency of explosive activity of volcanic centers in the AVZ is lower than in the
southern SVZ. 相似文献
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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
4.
Volcanic gases such as SO 2, H 2S, HCl and COS emitted during explosive eruptions significantly affect atmospheric chemistry and therefore the Earth's climate. We have evaluated the dependence of volcanic gas emission into the atmosphere on altitude, latitude, and tectonic setting of volcanoes and on the season in which eruptions occurred. These parameters markedly influence final stratospheric gas loading. The latitudes and altitudes of 360 active volcanoes were compared to the height of the tropopause to calculate the potential quantity of volcanic gases injected into the stratosphere. We calculated a possible stratospheric gas loading based on different volcanic plume heights (6, 10, and 15 km) generated by moderate-scale explosive eruptions to show the importance of the actual plume height and volcano location. At a plume height of 15 km for moderate-scale explosive eruptions, a volcano at sea level can cause stratospheric gas loading because the maximum distance to the tropopause is 15–16 km in the equatorial region (0–30°). Eruptions in the tropics have to be more powerful to inject gas into the stratosphere than eruptions at high latitudes because the tropopause rises from ca. 9–11 km at the poles to 15–16 km in the equatorial region (0–30°N and S). The equatorial region is important for stratospheric gas injection because it is the area with the highest frequency of eruptions. Gas injected into the stratosphere in equatorial areas may spread globally into both hemispheres. 相似文献
5.
Claude Robin Pablo Samaniego Jean-Luc Le Pennec Michel Fornari Patricia Mothes Johannes van der Plicht 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2010,72(9):1109-1129
Fieldwork, radiometric (40Ar/39Ar and 14C) ages and whole-rock geochemistry allow a reconstruction of eruptive stages at the active, mainly dacitic, Pichincha Volcanic
Complex (PVC), whose eruptions have repeatedly threatened Quito, most recently from 1999 to 2001. After the emplacement of
basal lavas dated at ∼1100 to 900 ka, the eruptive activity of the old Rucu Pichincha volcano lasted from ∼850 ka to ∼150 ka
before present (BP) and resulted in a 15 × 20 km-wide edifice, which comprises three main building stages: (1) A lower stratocone
(Lower Rucu, ∼160 km3 in volume) developed from ∼850 to 600 ka; (2) This edifice was capped by a steeper-sided and less voluminous cone (the Upper
Rucu, 40–50 km3), the history of which started 450–430 ka ago and ended around 250 ka with a sector collapse; (3) A smaller (8–10 km3) but more explosive edifice grew in the avalanche amphitheatre and ended Rucu Pichincha's history about 150 ka ago. The Guagua
Pichincha volcano (GGP) was developed from 60 ka on the western flank of Rucu with four growth stages separated by major catastrophic
events. (1) From ∼60 to 47 ka, a basal effusive stratocone developed, terminating with a large ash-and-pumice flow event.
(2) This basal volcano was followed by a long-lasting dome building stage and related explosive episodes, the latter occurring
between 28–30 and 22–23 ka. These first two stages formed the main GGP (∼30 km3), a large part of which was removed by a major collapse 11 ka BP. (3) Sustained explosive activity and viscous lava extrusions
gave rise to a new edifice, Toaza (4–5 km3 in volume), which in turn collapsed around 4 ka BP. (4) The ensuing amphitheatre was partly filled by the ∼1-km3 Cristal dome, which is the historically active centre of the Pichincha complex. The average output rate for the whole PVC
is 0.29 km3/ka. Nevertheless, the chronostratigraphic resolution we obtained for Lower Rucu Pichincha and for the two main edifices of
Guagua Pichincha (main GGP and Toaza), leads to eruptive rates of 0.60–0.65 km3/ka during these construction stages. These output rates are compared to those of other mainly dacitic volcanoes from continental
arcs. Our study also supports an overall SiO2 and large-ion lithophile elements enrichment as the PVC develops. In particular, distinctive geochemical signatures indicate
the involvement of a new magma batch at the transition between Rucu and Guagua. At the GGP, the same phenomenon occurs at
each major collapse event marking the onset of the ensuing magmatic stage. Since the 11-ka-BP collapse event, this magmatic
behaviour has led to increasingly explosive activity. Four explosive cycles of between 100 and 200 years long have taken place
at the Cristal dome in the past 3.7 ka, and repose intervals between these cycles have tended to decrease with time. As a
consequence, we suggest that the 1999–2001 eruptive period may have initiated a new eruptive cycle that might pose a future
hazard to Quito (∼2 million inhabitants). 相似文献
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David A. Clague Jonathan T. Hagstrum Duane E. Champion Melvin H. Beeson 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1999,61(6):363-381
The tube-fed pāhoehoe lava flows covering much of the northeast flank of Kīlauea Volcano are named the 'Ailā'au flows. Their
eruption age, based on published and six new radiocarbon dates, is approximately AD 1445. The flows have distinctive paleomagnetic
directions with steep inclinations (40°–50°) and easterly declinations (0°–10°E). The lava was transported ∼40 km from the
vent to the coast in long, large-diameter lava tubes; the longest tube (Kazumura Cave) reaches from near the summit to within
several kilometers of the coast near Kaloli Point. The estimated volume of the 'Ailā'au flow field is 5.2±0.8 km3, and the eruption that formed it probably lasted for approximately 50 years. Summit overflows from Kīlauea may have been
nearly continuous between approximately AD 1290 and 1470, during which time a series of shields formed at and around the summit.
The 'Ailā'au shield was either the youngest or the next to youngest in this series of shields. Site-mean paleomagnetic directions
for lava flows underlying the 'Ailā'au flows form only six groups. These older pāhoehoe flows range in age from 2750 to <18,000
BP, and the region was inundated by lava flows only three times in the past 5000 years. The known intervals between eruptive
events average ∼1600 years and range from ∼1250 years to >2200 years. Lava flows from most of these summit eruptions also
reached the coast, but none appears as extensive as the 'Ailā'au flow field. The chemistry of the melts erupted during each
of these summit overflow events is remarkably similar, averaging approximately 6.3 wt.% MgO near the coast and 6.8 wt.% MgO
near the summit. The present-day caldera probably formed more recently than the eruption that formed the 'Ailā'au flows (estimated
termination ca. AD 1470). The earliest explosive eruptions that formed the Keanakāko'i Ash, which is stratigraphically above
the 'Ailā'au flows, cannot be older than this age.
Received: 10 October 1998 / Accepted: 12 May 1999 相似文献
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Susan L. Donoghue Alan S. Palmer Elizabeth McClelland Kate Hobson Robert B. Stewart Vincent E. Neall Jèrôme Lecointre Richard Price 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1999,61(4):223-240
The ca. 10,500 years B.P. eruptions at Ruapehu volcano deposited 0.2–0.3 km3 of tephra on the flanks of Ruapehu and the surrounding ring plain and generated the only known pyroclastic flows from this
volcano in the late Quaternary. Evidence of the eruptions is recorded in the stratigraphy of the volcanic ring plain and cone,
where pyroclastic flow deposits and several lithologically similar tephra deposits are identified. These deposits are grouped
into the newly defined Taurewa Formation and two members, Okupata Member (tephra-fall deposits) and Pourahu Member (pyroclastic
flow deposits). These eruptions identify a brief (<ca. 2000-year) but explosive period of volcanism at Ruapehu, which we define
as the Taurewa Eruptive Episode. This Episode represents the largest event within Ruapehu's ca. 22,500-year eruptive history
and also marks its culmination in activity ca. 10,000 years B.P. Following this episode, Ruapehu volcano entered a ca. 8000-year
period of relative quiescence. We propose that the episode began with the eruption of small-volume pyroclastic flows triggered
by a magma-mingling event. Flows from this event travelled down valleys east and west of Ruapehu onto the upper volcanic ring
plain, where their distal remnants are preserved. The genesis of these deposits is inferred from the remanent magnetisation
of pumice and lithic clasts. We envisage contemporaneous eruption and emplacement of distal pumice-rich tephras and proximal
welded tuff deposits. The potential for generation of pyroclastic flows during plinian eruptions at Ruapehu has not been previously
considered in hazard assessments at this volcano. Recognition of these events in the volcanological record is thus an important
new factor in future risk assessments and mitigation of volcanic risk at Tongariro Volcanic Centre.
Received: 5 July 1998 / Accepted: 12 March 1999 相似文献
8.
Petrology and sulfur and chlorine emissions of the 1963 eruption of Gunung Agung,Bali, Indonesia 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
The 1963 eruption of Gunung Agung produced 0.95 km3 dense rock equivalent (DRE) of olivine±hornblende-bearing, weakly phyric, basaltic andesite tephra and lava. Evidence for
magma mixing in the eruptive products includes whole-rock compatible and incompatible trace element trends, reverse and complex
compositional zoning of mineral phases, disequilibrium mineral assemblages, sieve-textured plagioclase phenocrysts, and augite
rims on reversely zoned orthopyroxene. Basalt magma mixed with pre-existing andesite magma shortly before eruption to yield
basaltic andesite with a temperature of 1040–1100 °C at an assumed pressure of 2 kb, f O2>NNO, and an average melt volatile content (H2O±CO2) of 4.3 wt.%. Magma-mixing end members may have provided some of the S and Cl emitted in the eruption. Glass inclusions in
phenocrysts contain an average of 650 ppm S and 3130 ppm Cl as compared with 70 ppm and 2220 ppm, respectively, in the matrix
glass. Maximum S and Cl contents of glass inclusions approach 1800 and 5000 ppm, respectively. Application of the petrologic
method to products of the 1963 eruption for estimating volatile release yields of 2.5×1012 g (Mt) of SO2 and 3.4 Mt of Cl released from the 0.65 km3 of juvenile tephra which contributed to stratospheric injection of H2SO4 aerosols on 17 March and 16 May, when eruption column heights exceeded 20 km above sea level. An independent estimate of
SO2 release from atmospheric aerosol loading (11–12 Mt) suggests that approximately 7 Mt of SO2 was injected into the stratosphere. The difference between the two estimates can be most readily accounted for by the partitioning
of S, as well as some Cl, from the magma into a water-rich vapor phase which was released upon eruption. For other recent
high-S-release eruptions of more evolved and oxidized magmas (El Chichón, Pinatubo), the petrologic method gives values two
orders of magnitude less than independent estimates of SO2 emissions. Results from this study of the Agung 1963 magma and its volatile emissions, and from related studies on eruptions
of more mafic magmas, suggest that SO2 emissions from eruptions of higher-S-solubility magma may be more reliably estimated by the petrologic method than may those
from more-evolved magma eruptions.
Received: 29 June 1994 / Accepted: 25 April 1996 相似文献
9.
The rates of passive degassing from volcanoes are investigated by modelling the convective overturn of dense degassed and
less dense gas-rich magmas in a vertical conduit linking a shallow degassing zone with a deep magma chamber. Laboratory experiments
are used to constrain our theoretical model of the overturn rate and to elaborate on the model of this process presented by
Kazahaya et al. (1994). We also introduce the effects of a CO2–saturated deep chamber and adiabatic cooling of ascending magma. We find that overturn occurs by concentric flow of the magmas
along the conduit, although the details of the flow depend on the magmas' viscosity ratio. Where convective overturn limits
the supply of gas-rich magma, then the gas emission rate is proportional to the flow rate of the overturning magmas (proportional
to the density difference driving convection, the conduit radius to the fourth power, and inversely proportional to the degassed
magma viscosity) and the mass fraction of water that is degassed. Efficient degassing enhances the density difference but
increases the magma viscosity, and this dampens convection. Two degassing volcanoes were modelled. At Stromboli, assuming
a 2 km deep, 30% crystalline basaltic chamber, containing 0.5 wt.% dissolved water, the ∼700 kg s–1 magmatic water flux can be modelled with a 4–10 m radius conduit, degassing 20–100% of the available water and all of the
1 to 4 vol.% CO2 chamber gas. At Mount St. Helens in June 1980, assuming a 7 km deep, 39% crystalline dacitic chamber, containing 4.6 wt.%
dissolved water, the ∼500 kg s–1 magmatic water flux can be modelled with a 22–60 m radius conduit, degassing ∼2–90% of the available water and all of the
0.1 to 3 vol.% CO2 chamber gas. The range of these results is consistent with previous models and observations. Convection driven by degassing
provides a plausible mechanism for transferring volatiles from deep magma chambers to the atmosphere, and it can explain the
gas fluxes measured at many persistently active volcanoes.
Received: 26 September 1997 / Accepted: 11 July 1998 相似文献
10.
A. Aiuppa S. Bellomo L. Brusca W. D'Alessandro R. Di Paola M. Longo 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2006,68(3):255-265
Bulk atmospheric deposition of major cations (Na, K, Ca, Mg) and anions (Cl, F, SO4) were measured at 15 sites around an active volcano, Mount Etna, from 2001 to 2003. Their composition indicates several natural
sources, among which deposition of plume-derived volcanogenic gas compounds is prevalent for F, Cl and S. Plume-derived acidic
compounds are also responsible for the prevailing acidic composition of the samples collected on the summit of the volcano
(pH in the 2.45–5.57 range). Cation species have complex origin, including deposition of plume volcanogenic ash and aerosols
and soil-dust wind re-suspension of either volcanic or carbonate sedimentary rocks.
Variation of the deposition rates during the March 2001–March 2003 period, coupled with previous measurements from 1997 to
2000 (Appl Geochem 16:985–1000, 2001), were compared with the variation of SO2 flux, volcanic activity and rainfall. The deposition rate was mainly controlled by rainfall. Commonly, about 0.1–0.9% of
HF, HCl and SO2 emitted by the summit crater's plume were deposited around the volcano. We estimate that ∼2 Gg of volcanogenic sulphur were
deposited over the Etnean area during the 2002–2003 flank eruption, at an average rate of ∼24 Mg day−1 which is two orders of magnitude higher than that typical of quiescent degassing phases. 相似文献
11.
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
12.
Morihisa Hamada Didier Laporte Nicolas Cluzel Kenneth T. Koga Tatsuhiko Kawamoto 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2010,72(6):735-746
Decompression experiments of a crystal-free rhyolitic liquid with ≈ 6.6 wt. % H2O were carried out at a pressure range from 250 MPa to 30–75 MPa in order to characterize effects of magma ascent rate and
temperature on bubble nucleation kinetics, especially on the bubble number density (BND, the number of bubbles produced per
unit volume of liquid). A first series of experiments at 800°C and fast decompression rates (10–90 MPa/s) produced huge BNDs
(≈ 2 × 1014 m−3 at 10 MPa/s ; ≈ 2 × 1015 m−3 at 90 MPa/s), comparable to those in natural silicic pumices from Plinian eruptions (1015–1016 m−3). A second series of experiments at 700°C and 1 MPa/s produced BNDs (≈ 9×1012 m−3) close to those observed at 800°C and 1 MPa/s (≈ 6 × 1012 m−3), showing that temperature has an insignificant effect on BNDs at a given decompression rate. Our study strengthens the theory
that the BNDs are good markers of the decompression rate of magmas in volcanic conduits, irrespective of temperature. Huge
number densities of small bubbles in natural silicic pumices from Plinian eruptions imply that a major nucleation event occurs
just below the fragmentation level, at which the decompression rate of ascending magmas is a maximum (≥ 1 MPa/s). 相似文献
13.
Yuri Taran Tobias P. Fischer Boris Pokrovsky Yuji Sano Maria Aurora Armienta Jose Luis Macias 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1998,59(6):436-449
The 1982 eruption of El Chichón volcano ejected more than 1 km3 of anhydrite-bearing trachyandesite pyroclastic material to form a new 1-km-wide and 300-m-deep crater and uncovered the
upper 500 m of an active volcano-hydrothermal system. Instead of the weak boiling-point temperature fumaroles of the former
lava dome, a vigorously boiling crater spring now discharges / 20 kg/s of Cl-rich (∼15 000 mg/kg) and sulphur-poor ( / 200 mg/kg
of SO4), almost neutral (pH up to 6.7) water with an isotopic composition close to that of subduction-type magmatic water (δD=–15‰,
δ18O=+6.5‰). This spring, as well as numerous Cl-free boiling springs discharging a mixture of meteoric water with fumarolic
condensates, feed the crater lake, which, compared with values in 1983, is now much more diluted (∼3000 mg/kg of Cl vs 24 030 mg/kg),
less acidic (pH=2.6 vs 0.56) and contains much lower amounts of S ( / 200 mg/kg of SO4, vs 3550 mg/kg) with δ34S=0.5–4.2‰ (+17‰ in 1983). Agua Caliente thermal waters, on the southeast slope of the volcano, have an outflow rate of approximately
100 kg/s of 71 °C Na–Ca–Cl water and are five times more concentrated than before the eruption (B. R. Molina, unpublished
data). Relative N2, Ar and He gas concentrations suggest extensional tectonics for the El Chichón volcanic centre. The 3He/4He and 4He/20Ne ratios in gases from the crater fumaroles (7.3Ra, 2560) and Agua Caliente hot springs (5.3Ra, 44) indicate a strong magmatic contribution. However, relative concentrations of reactive species are typical of equilibrium
in a two-phase boiling aquifer. Sulphur and C isotopic data indicate highly reducing conditions within the system, probably
associated with the presence of buried vegetation resulting from the 1982 eruption. All Cl-rich waters at El Chichón have
a common source. This water has the appearence of a "partially matured" magmatic fluid: condensed magmatic vapour neutralized
by interaction with fresh volcaniclastic deposits and depleted in S due to anhydrite precipitation. Shallow ground waters
emerging around the volcano from the thick cover of fresh pumice deposits (Red waters) are Ca–SO4–rich and have a negative oxygen isotopic shift, probably due to ongoing formation of clay at low temperatures.
Received: 21 July 1997 / Accepted: 4 December 1997 相似文献
14.
Jennifer L. Lewicki George E. Hilley Laura Dobeck Bruno D. V. Marino 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2012,74(1):135-141
Use of eddy covariance (EC) techniques to map the spatial distribution of diffuse volcanic CO2 fluxes and quantify CO2 emission rate was tested at the Horseshoe Lake tree-kill area on Mammoth Mountain, California, USA. EC measurements of CO2 flux were made during September–October 2010 and ranged from 85 to 1,766 g m−2 day−1. Comparative maps of soil CO2 flux were simulated and CO2 emission rates estimated from three accumulation chamber (AC) CO2 flux surveys. Least-squares inversion of measured eddy covariance CO2 fluxes and corresponding modeled source weight functions recovered 58–77% of the CO2 emission rates estimated based on simulated AC soil CO2 fluxes. Spatial distributions of modeled surface CO2 fluxes based on EC and AC observations showed moderate to good correspondence (R
2 = 0.36 to 0.70). Results provide a framework for automated monitoring of volcanic CO2 emissions over relatively large areas. 相似文献
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Nature and significance of small volume fall deposits at composite volcanoes: Insights from the October 14, 1974 Fuego eruption,Guatemala 总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1
W. I. Rose S. Self P. J. Murrow C. Bonadonna A. J. Durant G. G. J. Ernst 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2008,70(9):1043-1067
The first of four successive pulses of the 1974 explosive eruption of Fuego volcano, Guatemala, produced a small volume (∼0.02 km3 DRE) basaltic sub-plinian tephra fall and flow deposit. Samples collected within 48 h after deposition over much of the dispersal
area (7–80 km from the volcano) have been size analyzed down to 8 φ (4 μm). Tephra along the dispersal axis were all well-sorted
(σ
φ = 0.25–1.00), and sorting increased whereas thickness and median grain size decreased systematically downwind. Skewness varied
from slightly positive near the vent to slightly negative in distal regions and is consistent with decoupling between coarse
ejecta falling off the rising eruption column and fine ash falling off the windblown volcanic cloud advecting at the final
level of rise. Less dense, vesicular coarse particles form a log normal sub-population when separated from the smaller (Mdφ < 3φ or < 0.125 mm), denser shard and crystal sub-population. A unimodal, relatively coarse (Mdφ = 0.58φ or 0.7 mm σ
φ = 1.2) initial grain size population is estimated for the whole (fall and flow) deposit. Only a small part of the fine-grained,
thin 1974 Fuego tephra deposit has survived erosion to the present day. The initial October 14 pulse, with an estimated column
height of 15 km above sea level, was a primary cause of a detectable perturbation in the northern hemisphere stratospheric
aerosol layer in late 1974 to early 1975. Such small, sulfur-rich, explosive eruptions may substantially contribute to the
overall stratospheric sulfur budget, yet leave only transient deposits, which have little chance of survival even in the recent
geologic record. The fraction of finest particles (Mdφ = 4–8φ or 4–63 μm) in the Fuego tephra makes up a separate but minor size mode in the size distribution of samples around
the margin of the deposit. A previously undocumented bimodal–unimodal–bimodal change in grain size distribution across the
dispersal axis at 20 km downwind from the vent is best accounted for as the result of fallout dispersal of ash from a higher
subplinian column and a lower “co-pf” cloud resulting from pyroclastic flows. In addition, there is a degree of asymmetry
in the documented grain-size fallout pattern which is attributed to vertically veering wind direction and changing windspeeds,
especially across the tropopause. The distribution of fine particles (<8 μm diameter) in the tephra deposit is asymmetrical,
mainly along the N edge, with a small enrichment along the S edge. This pattern has hazard significance. 相似文献
16.
The Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, erupting since 18 July 1995, intensified its degassing in early 1996 with the continuing
growth of the lava dome inside the summit crater. During this period of increased activity, between 11 and 18 March 1996,
we measured gases and particles within the visible plume to determine whether at that time it posed a health risk to the population
of Plymouth, the capital town, which is 5 km southwest (downwind) and was then still occupied. Gravimetric measurements were
made of total suspended particles (TSP) and particles having an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM10). Measurements were made of sulphur dioxide (SO2), hydrochloric acid (HCl), hydrofluoric acid (HF), nitric acid (HNO3), acetic acid (CH3COOH), formic acid (HCOOH), and particulate sulphate (SO4
2–), chloride (Cl–), nitrate (NO3
–), fluoride (F–), methanesulphonate (CH3SO3
–), acetate (CH3COO–), formate (HCOO–), ammonium (NH4
+), sodium (Na+) and acidity (H+). Trace metals having human health implications [chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic
(As), selenium (Se), cadmium (Cd), tin (Sn), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb)] were also determined. Mean concentrations of HCl,
SO2 and HF obtained in the town of Plymouth were 14.0, 5.9 and 0.8 ppbv, respectively. Corresponding concentrations in the mixed
plume on the crater edge were 533, 168 and 22 ppbv. There were no direct emissions of HNO3, although nitrate was detected in coarse particles at the source. Higher concentrations of CH3COOH and HCOOH were measured close to the crater. Mean TSP and PM10 were 64 and 15 μg m–3 in Plymouth, and 455 and 47 μg m–3 on the upper volcano slope. Aerosols were highly acidic at the source but rapidly neutralised during transport. Trace metals
were enriched in the aerosol relative to crater surface material. The concentrations of the acid gases, sulphur dioxide in
particular, and particles were found to be too small to pose a health hazard at the time of these measurements, when relatively
modest volcanic activity was occurring.
Received: 9 September 1998 / Accepted: 29 August 1999 相似文献
17.
Fabio Speranza Patrizia Landi Francesca D’Ajello Caracciolo Alessandro Pignatelli 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2010,72(7):847-858
We report on the paleomagnetism of ten sites in the products of the most recent silicic eruptive cycle of Pantelleria, Strait
of Sicily. Previously radiometrically dated at 5–10 ka, our comparison with proxies for geomagnetic field directions allows
us to narrow considerably the time window during which these eruptions occurred. The strongly peralkaline composition causes
the magmas to have low viscosities, locally resulting in strong agglutination of proximal fall deposits. This allows successful
extraction of paleomagnetic directions from the explosive phases of eruptions. One of our sites was located in the Serra della
Fastuca fall deposit, produced by the first explosive event of the eruptive cycle. The other nine sites were located in the
most recent explosive (pumice fall and agglutinate from Cuddia del Gallo and Cuddia Randazzo) and effusive (Khaggiar lava)
products. The (very similar) paleomagnetic directions gathered from eight internally consistent sites were compared to reference
geomagnetic field directions of the last 5–10 ka. Directions from Cuddia del Gallo agglutinate and Khaggiar flows translate
into 5.9- to 6.2-ka ages, whereas the Fastuca pumices yield a slightly older age of 6.2–6.8 ka. Hence, the most recent silicic
eruptive cycle lasted at most a millennium and as little as a few centuries around 6.0 ka. Paleomagnetically inferred ages
are in good agreement with published (and calibrated by us) 14C dates from paleosols/charcoals sampled below the studied volcanic units, whereas K/Ar data are more scattered and yield
∼30% older ages. Our data show that the time elapsed since the most recent silicic eruptions at Pantelleria is comparable
to the quiescence period separating the two latest volcanic cycles. 相似文献
18.
Results are presented from 11 microgravity surveys on Mt. Etna between 1987 and 1993, a period including the major 1989 and
1991–1993 flank eruptions and subordinate 1990 activity. Measurements were made with LaCoste and Romberg D-62 and D-157 gravity
meters along a network around the volcano between 1000 and 1900 m a.s.l. and, since 1992, a N–S summit profile. Gravity changes
of as much as 200 μGal were observed at scales from the size of the summit region to that of the volcano. None was associated
with significant changes in ground elevation. The data show an increase in gravity for 2 years before the 1989 eruption. The
increase is attributed to the accumulation of magma (0.25–1.7×109 m3) in an elongate zone, oriented NNW–SSE, between 2.5 and 6 km below sea level. Part of this magma was injected into the volcanic
pile to supply the 1989 and 1990 eruptions. It also probably fed the start of the 1991–1993 eruption, since this event was
not preceded by significant gravity changes. A large gravity increase (up to 140 μGal) detected across the volcano between
June and September 1992 is consistent with the arrival in the accumulation zone of 0.32–2.2×109 m3 of new magma, thus favoring continued flank effusion until 1993. A large gravity decrease (200 μGal) in the summit region
marked the closing stages of the 1991–1993 event and is associated with magma drainage from the upper levels of Etna's central
feeding system.
Received: 15 July 1995 / Accepted: 27 October 1997 相似文献
19.
The dynamics and thermodynamics of large ash flows 总被引:6,自引:6,他引:0
Ash flow deposits, containing up to 1000 km3 of material, have been produced by some of the largest volcanic eruptions known. Ash flows propagate several tens of kilometres
from their source vents, produce extensive blankets of ash and are able to surmount topographic barriers hundreds of metres
high. We present and test a new model of the motion of such flows as they propagate over a near horizontal surface from a
collapsing fountain above a volcanic vent. The model predicts that for a given eruption rate, either a slow (10–100 m/s) and
deep (1000–3000 m) subcritical flow or a fast (100–200 m/s) and shallow (500–1000 m) supercritical flow may develop. Subcritical
ash flows propagate with a nearly constant volume flux, whereas supercritical flows entrain air and become progressively more
voluminous. The run-out distance of such ash flows is controlled largely by the mass of air mixed into the collapsing fountain,
the degree of fragmentation and the associated rate of loss of material into an underlying concentrated depositional system,
and the mass eruption rate. However, in supercritical flows, the continued entrainment of air exerts a further important control
on the flow evolution. Model predictions show that the run-out distance decreases with the mass of air entrained into the
flow. Also, the mass of ash which may ascend from the flow into a buoyant coignimbrite cloud increases as more air is entrained
into the flow. As a result, supercritical ash flows typically have shorter runout distances and more ash is elutriated into
the associated coignimbrite eruption columns. We also show that one-dimensional, channellized ash flows typically propagate
further than their radially spreading counterparts.
As a Plinian eruption proceeds, the erupted mass flux often increases, leading to column collapse and the formation of pumiceous
ash flows. Near the critical conditions for eruption column collapse, the flows are shed from high fountains which entrain
large quantities of air per unit mass. Our model suggests that this will lead to relatively short ash flows with much of the
erupted material being elutriated into the coignimbrite column. However, if the mass flux subseqently increases, then less
air per unit mass is entrained into the collapsing fountain, and progressively larger flows, which propagate further from
the vent, will develop.
Our model is consistent with observations of a number of pyroclastic flow deposits, including the 1912 eruption of Katmai
and the 1991 eruption of Pinatubo. The model suggests that many extensive flow sheets were emplaced from eruptions with mass
fluxes of 109–1010 kg/s over periods of 103–105 s, and that some indicators of flow "mobility" may need to be reinterpreted. Furthermore, in accordance with observations,
the model predicts that the coignimbrite eruption columns produced from such ash flows rose between 20 and 40 km.
Received: 25 August 1995 / Accepted: 3 April 1996 相似文献
20.
A compilation and analysis of the size and frequency of the largest known explosive eruptions on Earth are presented. The largest explosive events are defined to be those eruptions yielding greater than 1015 kg of products (>150 times the mass of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo). This includes all known eruptions with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8. A total of 47 such events, ranging in age from Ordovician to Pleistocene, are identified, of which 42 eruptions are known from the past 36 Ma. A logarithmic magnitude scale of eruption size is applied, based on erupted mass, to these events. On this scale, 46 eruptions >1015 kg are defined to be of magnitude M8. There is one M9 event known so far, the Fish Canyon Tuff, with an erupted mass of >1016 kg and a magnitude of 9.2. Analysis of this dataset indicates that eruptions of size M8 and larger have occurred with a minimum frequency of 1.4 events/Ma in two pulses over the past 36 Ma. On the basis of the activity during the past 13.5 Ma, there is at least a 75% probability of a M8 eruption (>1015 kg) occurring within the next 1 Ma. There is a 1% chance of an eruption of this scale in the next 460–7,200 years. While the effect of any individual M8 or larger eruption is considerable, the time-averaged impact (i.e., erupted mass×frequency) of the very largest eruptions is small, due to their rarity. The long-term, time-averaged erupted mass flux from magnitude 8 and 9 eruptions is ~10–100 times less than for M7 eruptions; the time-averaged mass eruption rate from M7 eruptions is 9,500 kg s–1, whereas for M8 and M9 eruptions it is ~70–1,000 kg s–1. Comparison of the energy release by volcanic eruptions with that due to asteroid impacts suggests that on timescales of <100,000 years, explosive volcanic eruptions are considerably more frequent than impacts of similar energy yield. This has important implications for understanding the risk of extreme events.Editorial responsibility: R. Cioni 相似文献