Relationship between regional changes of soil physical properties and volcanic stratigraphy on the southern slope of Batur volcano in the island of Bali,Indonesia

The present paper shows the relationship between the regional changes of soil physical properties and the volcanic stratigraphy on the southern slope of Batur volcano in the island of Bali, Indonesia, from the hydrogeological point of view based on the data obtained from field observations and laboratory experiments. The Bali soils data showed marked differences in regional distribution and their characteristics are closely correlated to the distribution of the volcanic stratigraphy derived from the Batur volcanic activities with the eruption about 23,700 years ago. On the basis of these data, the hydrogeological situation of the slope are presented schematically and groundwater flow regimes on the slope, such as recharge and discharge areas, are also classified according to the hydrogeological information. These classifications of groundwater flow regimes are useful to consider the occurrence of hydrological phenomena such as springs and paddy field distributions observed on the slope.     

Palaeotemperature determinations for the 1.8-ka Taupo ignimbrite,New Zealand,and implications for the emplacement history of a high-velocity pyroclastic flow

Palaeomagnetic data from lithic clasts collected at 46 sites within layers 1 and 2 of the 1.8-ka Taupo ignimbrite, New Zealand, have been used to determine the palaeotemperatures and thermal structure of the deposit on its emplacement. Equilibrium temperatures from sites less than 30–40 km from vent are 150–300 °C, whereas at greater distances site equilibrium temperatures increase up to 400–500 °C. This variation is seen in both layer 1 and 2 deposits, with values for layer 1 being somewhat cooler, and with its increase in temperature occurring at a greater distance from vent. A temperature maximum at ~50 km from vent coincides with a zone of pink thermal-oxidation colouration of pumices previously inferred to reflect higher emplacement temperatures. Additional palaeomagnetic data collected by us and others from pumice clasts show comparable temperature variations, but these temperature estimates are shown here to be due to a chemical remanence and unreliable for accurate temperature estimates. Cooler temperatures in proximal parts of the ignimbrite are consistent with admixture of >20% cold lithic clasts at source and interaction with the pre-eruption Lake Taupo. The similar, but offset, increases in equilibrium temperatures for medial and distal layers 1 and 2 are consistent with both layers being deposited from the same flow. However, any proximal deposits left by the later, hotter material must have been subsequently eroded, or be so thin that our collection failed to sample them. Radial asymmetries in equilibrium temperatures as well as other physical parameters suggest that the deposit emplacement temperature is primarily determined at source, rather than by interaction with air during transport. These data support previous interpretations that a concentrated basal flow played a dominant role in emplacement and deposition of the Taupo ignimbrite.Editorial responsibility: T. Druitt     

Structure and Dynamics of a Silicic Magmatic System Associated with Caldera-Forming Eruptions at Batur Volcanic Field, Bali, Indonesia

The Batur volcanic field (BVF), in Bali, Indonesia, underwenttwo successive caldera-forming eruptions that resulted in thedeposition of silicic ignimbrites. The magmas erupted duringand between these eruptions show a broad range of compositionsfrom low-SiO₂ andesite to high-SiO₂ dacite. On the basis oftheir geochemistry and mineralogy these magmas may be assignedto six groups: (1) homogeneous andesites with phenocryst compositionsessentially in equilibrium with the whole-rock composition;(2) remobilized crystal-rich low-SiO₂ andesites with resorbedphenocrysts in equilibrium with the whole-rock composition;(3) mixed low-SiO₂ dacite with a relatively large range of phenocrystcompositions, with most phenocrysts slightly too evolved tobe in equilibrium with the whole-rock; (4) extensively mixedlow-SiO₂ dacites with a very large and discontinuous range ofphenocryst compositions, with most phenocrysts either more Mg-richor more evolved than the equilibrium compositions; (5) remobilizedcrystal-rich low-SiO₂ dacites with resorbed and euhedral phenocrysts;(6) homogeneous high-SiO₂ dacites lacking evidence for magmamixing and showing narrow ranges of phenocryst compositionsin equilibrium with the whole-rock composition. This range ofsilicic magmas is interpreted to reflect a combination of closed-and open-system fractional crystallization, magma mixing andremobilization of cumulate piles by heating. The variety ofmagmas erupted simultaneously during the caldera-forming eruptionssuggests that the magmatic system consisted of several independentreservoirs of variable composition and degree of crystallization.The magmatic evolution of individual reservoirs varied fromclosed-system fractional crystallization to fully open-systemevolution, thereby resulting in simultaneous production of magmaswith contrasted compositions and mineralogy. Extensive emptyingof the magmatic system during the caldera-forming eruptionsled to successive or simultaneous eruption of several reservoirs. KEY WORDS: caldera; ignimbrite; magmatic chambers; magma mixing; petrology; Sunda Arc     

Correlation of the Hakkoda–Kokumoto Tephra, a widespread Middle Pleistocene tephra erupted from the Hakkoda Caldera, northeast Japan

Abstract A Middle Pleistocene widespread tephra referred to here as Hakkoda–Kokumoto Tephra (Hkd–Ku) has been newly recognized. Hkd–Ku, derived from the Hakkoda Caldera located in northernmost Honshu Is. of northeast Japan, covers much of Honshu Is. At the type locality in the proximal area, Hkd–Ku comprises Plinian pumice deposits and an immediately overlying ignimbrite. The fine vitric ash nature of the distal ash‐fall deposits of Hkd–Ku suggests that they are coignimbrite ash‐fall deposits. Hkd–Ku was identified using a combination of refractive indices and chemical compositions of major, trace and rare earth elements of glass shards, heavy mineral content, refractive indices of orthopyroxene and paleomagnetic polarity. On the basis of these properties, Hkd–Ku was identified in Oga and Boso Peninsulas and Osaka Plain, 830 km southwest of the source. Stratigraphic positions in Boso Peninsula and Osaka Plain within marine sediments that have a reliable chronology based on oxygen‐isotope, and litho‐, bio‐, magneto‐ and tephrostratigraphy indicate that the age of Hkd–Ku is ca 760 ka, positioned in the transition between marine oxygen‐isotope stages 19.1 and 18.4. The widespread occurrence of Hkd–Ku providing a tie line between many different Pleistocene sections over a distance of 800 km is a key marker horizon in the early part of the Middle Pleistocene. This tephra gives a time control point of ca 760 ka to marine sediments in the Oga Peninsula – where no datum plane exists between the Brunhes–Matuyama chron boundary and oxygen‐isotope stage 12 – and to the volcanostratigraphy of the Hakkoda Caldera. The distribution of Hkd–Ku showing emplacement of coignimbrite ash‐fall deposits in the area 830 km southwest of the source emphasizes the upwind transport direction, relative to the prevailing westerly winds, typical of other coignimbrite ash‐fall deposits in the Japanese islands.     

Resedimentation of cold pumiceous ignimbrite into water: facies transformations simulated in flume experiments

Deposits and transport processes resulting from the resedimentation of cold, unconsolidated ignimbrite into water were simulated by flume experiments. The ignimbrite sample used was poorly sorted (σ = 2·4–3), fine ash‐rich (< 63 μm, 17–30 wt%) and included both dense lithic clasts (> 2000 kg m^?3) and pumice (500 to ca 1300 kg m^?3). As a result of the binding forces of the ash matrix, the experiments involved resedimentation from a steep front onto the floor (with or without an initial ramp) of the water‐filled tank under both still and wave‐generated conditions. Larger discrete collapse events were induced by oversteepening the sample front and by undercutting from wave action. The mass of the collapse and proportion of pore–space water strongly influenced the style of resedimentation and the deposits. Initial collapse events were from the top of the steep front and fell onto the floor. The largest, densest clasts were deposited as a lithic lag in a proximal sediment wedge or rolled down to a break‐in‐slope. Fine ash was transported in dilute turbidity currents, and coarse unsaturated pumice clasts floated off. Moderate collapse events generated high‐density turbidity currents, trapping pumice in the flow, causing them to saturate. These low‐density pumice clasts were easily remobilized by wave activity and passing currents and accumulated on the gentle slope at the bottom of the resedimented deposit. Large collapse events slumped, producing poorly sorted mounds similar in texture to the original starting material. As the matrix of the ignimbrite sample became saturated with water, moderate and large collapse events generated debrisflows and slurries that deposited massive, poorly sorted deposits. Furthermore, once more gentle slopes were established between the sample and deposit, small cascading grainflows deposited lithic clasts on the upper slopes and levees of pumice at the terminus of low‐relief, ash channels. The experiments show that, excluding large collapse events and debrisflows, resedimenting ignimbrite in water is effective at segregating low‐density pumice clasts from dense lithic clasts and fine ash. Experiments using fine‐ash poor ignimbrite and well‐sorted quartz sand for comparison formed an inherently unstable initial steep front that immediately collapsed by continuous grain avalanches. The grainflow deposits had textures similar to the fines‐poor starting material.     

新疆北部阿尔泰南缘晚古生代高钾高硅熔结凝灰岩的地球化学、岩浆成因及构造背景

新疆北部阿尔泰南缘分布着一条晚古生代的火山岩带。通过岩石学和地球化学的研究,我们从克朗和麦兹火山-沉积盆地的下泥盆统康布铁堡组地层的火山岩中,厘定出一种高钾高硅熔结凝灰岩(Ignimbrite),前人称之为钾质流纹岩。高钾高硅熔结凝灰岩主要由钾长石(微斜长石)、石英和黑云母,以及少量白云母组成。其岩石化学成分的特征为过铝质的(A/CNK=1.01～1.36)、高硅(SiO_2=69%～80%)、高钾(K_2O=5%～11%)、高钾钠比值,并富集大离子亲石元素(Rb,Ba,K,La),亏损高场强元素(Nb,Ta,Ti,P)和低的 Nb/Y 比值,以及富 LREE 和亏损 Eu 的 REE 分布模式。以上这些特征体现它们继承了形成硅质岩浆的大陆地壳源区特点。微量元素的构造环境判别图解显示,本区高钾高硅熔结凝灰岩形成于活动大陆边缘的岛弧构造环境。综合岩石学和地球化学研究的结果,作者提出高钾高硅熔结凝灰岩岩浆的二阶段成因模型:1)地幔楔二辉橄榄岩部分熔融产生的大体积玄武岩岩浆侵入导致其上部地壳发生部分熔融形成了高硅的熔结凝灰岩岩浆;2)高硅岩浆经富钠斜长石的分离结晶作用最终形成高钾高硅的熔结凝灰岩浆。     

长白山天池火山造伊格尼姆岩喷发及气候效应

长白山天池火山属新生代多成因中央式火山。火山喷发活动经历了早更新世造盾喷发、中－晚更新世造锥喷发和近代造伊格尼姆岩喷发三个阶段。造伊格尼姆岩喷发时布里尼喷发柱高度曾达２５ｋｍ，伞状云顶部高度达３５ｋｍ。初始喷发温度为７８０℃，喷发速度３００ｍｓ－１。岩浆质量喷发率为１０８．３６ｋｇｓ－１，释放能量１．３４３６×１０１９Ｊ。喷发持续时间为四天半到十四天之间。高速流动的伊格尼姆岩最大流速１７０ｍｓ－１，流体前锋定位时仍保持了５０ｍｓ－１的运动速度。天池火山１２１５±１５Ａ．Ｄ．喷发物释放出了５×１０１０ｋｇ卤素元素和２×１０１０ｋｇ的Ｓ。喷发后导致了强烈的持续７年左右的“火山冬天效应”。在欧亚大陆中部地区最大降温幅度超过２．２５℃。     

川北九寨沟地区隆康熔结凝灰岩锆石LA-ICP-MSU-Pb年龄——勉略古缝合带西延的证据

康县-琵琶寺-南坪构造带内出露的一套变质沉积-火山岩系与勉略洋的构造演化具有密切的关系。在该构造带西段九寨沟塔藏-隆康地质剖面东端出露近百米厚的安山质熔结凝灰岩、层凝灰岩,在隆康、牙扎沟附近采集了熔结凝灰岩样品（JZG—L）,选出百余颗锆石。锆石LA—ICP—MSU—Pb分析结果表明,锆石发育典型的岩浆锆石韵律环带,U和Th含量分别为35×10^6-750×10^-6和31×10^-6-717×10^-6 Th／U比值介于0．44～1．30之间．为典型的岩浆锆石,该样品获得的^206Pb／^238U加权平均年龄为246．2Ma±2．8Ma（MSWD=2．6,n=12,2σ）。此外,样品中还包括其他多种类型的碎屑锆石,其中最老的碎屑锆石的谐和年龄为（2481±33）Ma,表明九寨沟地区存在前寒武纪基底。结合区域地质及该区火山岩的发育特征,246Ma的锆石U-Pb年龄的获得为勉略缝合带西延至南坪一带提供了重要的同位素年代学证据。     

The Petrology and Geochemistry of the Aniakchak Caldera-forming Ignimbrite, Aleutian Arc, Alaska

Aniakchak caldera, Alaska, produced a compositionally heterogeneousignimbrite 3400 years ago, which changes from rhyodacitic atthe base to andesitic at the top of the eruptive sequence. Interpretationsof compositionally heterogeneous ignimbrites typically includeeither in situ fractional crystallization of mafic magma andgeneration of a stratified magma body or replenishment of asilicic magma chamber by mafic inputs. Another possibility,silicic replenishment of a more mafic chamber, exists. Geochemicalcharacteristics of the caldera-forming rhyodacite and severallate pre-caldera rhyodacites indicate independent origins foreach, within a maximum of 5000 years prior to caldera formation.Isotopic considerations preclude derivation of the caldera-formingrhyodacite from the caldera-forming andesite. However, the caldera-formingrhyodacite can be explained as the residual liquid of a mostlycrystallized basalt, with addition of crustal material. TheAniakchak andesite probably formed in a shallow chamber by successivemixing events involving small volumes of basalt and rhyodacite,together with contamination. The pre-caldera rhyodacites representerupted portions of intruding silicic magma, whereas anotherportion homogenized with the resident mafic magma. The caldera-formingevent reflects a large influx of rhyodacite, which erupted beforesignificant mixing occurred and also triggered draining of muchof the andesitic magma from the chamber. KEY WORDS: Aniakchak; caldera-forming eruption; geochemistry; ignimbrite; silicic replenishment