Eruptive dynamics and caldera collapse during the Onano eruption, Vulsini, Italy

The Onano explosive eruption of the Latera Volcanic Complex (Vulsini Volcanoes, Quaternary potassic Roman Comagmatic Region, Italy) provides an interesting example of multiple changes of eruptive style that were concomitant with a late phase of collapse of the polygenetic Latera Caldera. This paper reports a reconstruction of the event based on field analysis, laboratory studies of grain size and density of juvenile clasts, and re-interpretation of available subsurface geology data. The Onano eruption took place in a structurally weak area, corresponding to a carbonate substrate high bordered by the pre-existing Latera caldera and Bolsena volcano-tectonic depression, which controlled the ascent and eruption of a shoshonitic-phonotephritic magma through intersecting rim fault systems. Temporal changes of magma vesiculation, fragmentation and discharge rate, and consequent eruptive dynamics, were strongly controlled by pressure evolution in the magma chamber and changing vent geometry. Initially, pumice-rich pyroclastic flows were emplaced, followed by spatter- and lithic-rich flows and fallout from energetic fire-fountaining. The decline of magma pressure due to the partial evacuation of the magma chamber induced trapdoor collapse of the chamber roof, which involved part of the pre-existing caldera and external volcano slopes and eventually led to the present-day caldera. The widening of the vent system and the emplacement of the main pyroclastic flow and associated co-ignimbrite lag breccia marked the eruption climax. A sudden drop of the confining pressure, which is attributed to a pseudo-rigid behaviour of the magma chamber wall rocks during a phase of rapid magma drainage, led to extensive magma vesiculation and fragmentation. The disruption of the magma chamber roof and waning magma pressure in the late eruption stage favoured the explosive interaction of residual magma with groundwater from the confined carbonate aquifer. Pulsating hydrostatic and magma pressures produced alternating hydromagmatic pyroclastic surges, strombolian fallout and spatter flows.     

长白山天池火山千年大喷发岩浆含水量研究——熔融包裹体含水量的红外光谱测试

长白山天池火山在公元一千年左右曾发生过大规模喷发，其产物为大面积分布的灰白色碱流质浮岩和碎屑流，在其斑晶矿物橄榄石、钙铁辉石和碱性长石中均可见到熔融包裹体。在最主要的斑晶矿物——碱性长石中含有数量众多且个体也较大的熔融包裹体，多数含有一个以上的气泡，其中部分含有子晶，根据形貌特征的不同可分为截然不同的两组包裹体。这些熔融包裹体带有大量喷发前地下岩浆的信息，成为研究地下深部的岩浆在复杂的溢流-爆炸喷发中所发生变化的最好媒介。也是本文的研究对象，通过其中挥发份尤其是水的含量，可以推知天池火山发生大喷发的原因。经Nicolet Magna-IR 550红外光谱仪测定，这些熔融包裹体的含水量较高，达1．6％-3．6％，为当时天池火山发生了巨大规模爆炸喷发的原因提供了强有力的证据。但目前红外光谱仪的应用范围还比较有限，有待今后拓宽其应用领域。     

The 10 ka multiple vent pyroclastic eruption sequence at Tongariro Volcanic Centre, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Part 2. Petrological insights into magma storage and transport during regional extension

The six eruption episodes of the 10 ka Pahoka–Mangamate (PM) sequence (see companion paper) occurred over a ?200–400-year period from a 15-km-long zone of multiple vents within the Tongariro Volcanic Centre (TgVC), located at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ). Most TgVC eruptives are plagioclase-dominant pyroxene andesites and dacites, with strongly porphyritic textures indicating their derivation from magmas that ascended slowly and stagnated at shallow depths. In contrast, the PM pyroclastic eruptives show petrographic features (presence of phenocrystic and groundmass hornblende, and the coexistence of olivine and augite without plagioclase during crystallisation of phenocrysts and microphenocrysts) which suggest that their crystallisation occurred at depth. Depths exceeding 8 km are indicated for the dacitic magmas, and >20 km for the andesitic and basaltic andesitic magmas. Other petrographic features (aphyric nature, lack of reaction rims around hornblende, and the common occurrence of skeletal microphenocrystic to groundmass olivine in the andesites and basaltic andesites) suggest the PM magmas ascended rapidly immediately prior to their eruption, without any significant stagnation at shallow depths in the crust. The PM eruptives show three distinct linear trends in many oxide–oxide diagrams, suggesting geochemical division of the six episodes into three chronologically-sequential groups, early, middle and late. Disequilibrium features on a variety of scales (banded pumice, heterogeneous glassy matrix and presence of reversely zoned phenocrysts) suggest that each group contains the mixing products of two end-member magmas. Both of these end-member magmas are clearly different in each of the three groups, showing that the PM magma system was completely renewed at least three times during the eruption sequence. Minor compositional diversity within the eruptives of each group also allows the PM magmas to be distinguished in terms of their source vents. Because petrography suggests that the PM magmas did not stagnate at shallow levels during their ascent, the minor diversity in magmas from different vents indicates that magmas ascended from depth through separate conduits/dikes to erupt at different vents either simultaneously or sequentially. These unique modes of magma transport and eruption support the inferred simultaneous or sequential tapping of small separate magma bodies by regional rifting in the southern Taupo Volcanic Zone during the PM eruption sequence (see companion paper).     

Geology of the ignimbrites and the associated volcano–plutonic complex of the Ezine area, northwestern Anatolia

The Ezine region is located in the northwestern part of Anatolia where young granitic and volcanic rocks are widespread and show close spatial and temporal association. In this region magmatism began with the Kestanbol granite, which intruded into metamorphic basement rocks, and formed contact metamorphic aureole. To the east and southeast the pluton is surrounded by hypabyssal rocks, which in turn, are surrounded by volcanic associations. The volcanic rocks may be divided into two main groups on the basis of their lithological properties. Lavas and lahar deposits dominate the northern sector while ignimbrites dominate the southern sector. The ignimbrite eruptions were formed partly coevally with the plutonic and the associated volcanic rocks during the early Miocene. They appear to have been associated in a caldera collapse environment. Geochemical properties of the plutonic and the associated volcanic assemblages indicate that the magmas are hybrid and co-genetic and, were formed from a similar mantle source, under a compressional regime prior to the opening of the present E–W-trending graben of the Aegean western Anatolian region.     

甘肃公婆泉铜矿田中—晚志留世浅海相火山喷发旋回及火山作用演化

根据甘肃公婆泉铜矿田内４条典型地层剖面,确立了甘肃公婆泉群中－上志留统浅海相火山喷发沉积岩系的标准层和层序,并将其划分为１４个韵律和５个旋回。火山喷发旋回由早→晚,火山岩岩性由安山质凝灰岩、安山岩→英安岩、钠流纹岩→石英粗面岩→安山岩,火山岩中铁族元素的丰度由高→低→最低（在石英粗面岩中）→高,形成一个较完整的演化周期。中晚期火山岩所表现出的岩性（出现碱性岩－石英粗面岩）和铁族元素丰度（出现最低值）的突变与区域北西走向断裂的深切活动有关,为铜、银等金属成矿提供主要的地球化学条件。铜、银等成矿元素主要富集在火山喷发旋回中期的英安岩中,表明火山活动中期是主要的成矿期,英安岩可作为重要的找矿标志。此外,早中期火山旋回主要发育于矿田的中西部,而晚期旋回则主要分布在矿田的东部,并且火山喷发的强度和频率增高,表明晚期火山活动中心已明显向东部迁移,因此矿田的东部仍有较大的找矿潜力     

Plinian式火山喷发柱最大高度定量计算模式探讨

Ｐｌｉｎｉａｎ式火山喷发柱最大高度是研究火山喷发对环境、气候影响时空范围的重要物理学参数,在分析了影响Ｐｌｉｎｉａｎ式火山喷发柱最大高度诸因素的基础上认为,火山喷发的质量通量是反映火山喷发柱最大高度最有效并且在实际中可以进行测量的参数之一,以此为基础,利用目前实测的火山喷发柱最大高度的数值与火山喷发质量通量的结果,建立两者的相关方程为：Ｈ＝０．２×Ｍ０．２８。     

长白山天池火山研究进展

长白山天池火山距今４１０５年以来至少发生过两次大规模喷发。其最近的一次大喷发发生于公元８５０～１０４０年间。估计了这次喷发的喷发物体积和Ｃ１，Ｆ，Ｓ等的释放量。数值模拟表明，该次大喷发对全球气候变化产生过重要影响，最近的地球物理探测结果显示，在该火山下面存在地壳和上地幔双层岩浆房。认为该火山现在仍是一座具潜在灾害性大喷发危险的现代活动火山。     

广东梅县嵩溪早侏罗世火山活动及其地质构造与成矿意义

从熔岩——玄武岩的岩石学、岩石化学、微量元素、稀土元素和锶同位素组成，以及火山旋回中玻璃碎屑岩诸方面特征，详细地研究了下侏罗统含矿层位内海底基性火山活动，阐述矿区玄武岩形成环境为夭折的大陆裂谷前期地壳槽形裂陷地堑系——裂陷槽。并讨论该裂陷槽环境中基性火山活动的银锑成矿意义     

安徽巢县南陵湖组火山碎屑流沉积物的发现

在安徽巢县下三叠统南陵湖组上部，发育着一套火山碎屑沉积物，主要由英安质角砾岩、英安质晶屑、玻屑凝灰角砾岩和英安质玻屑、晶屑凝灰岩等组成。它厚１．８ｍ，层序清楚，分为２个布玛旋回。研究表明，它属于海底喷发、水流搬运的火山碎清流沉积（火山浊流沉积），并且可能是印支早期华北板块与扬子板块相互碰撞的一种反映。     

火山震动特征及其动力学研究进展

结合国内外资料，介绍了近年来火山震动的非线性动力学研究进展，并且讨论了预测火山活动的某些综合方法。