Shallow and deep reservoirs involved in magma supply of the 1944 eruption of Vesuvius |
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Authors: | Paola Marianelli Nicole Métrich Alessandro Sbrana |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Pisa, via Santa Maria, 53, I-56126 Italy, IT;(2) Laboratoire Pierre Sue CEA-CNRS, CE-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France, FR |
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Abstract: | During the 1944 eruption of Vesuvius a sudden change occurred in the dynamics of the eruptive events, linked to variations
in magma composition. K-phonotephritic magmas were erupted during the effusive phase and the first lava fountain, whereas
the emission of strongly porphyritic K-tephrites took place during the more intense fountain. Melt inclusion compositions
(major and volatile elements) highlight that the magmas feeding the eruption underwent differentiation at different pressures.
The K-tephritic volatile-rich melts (up to 3 wt.% H2O, 3000 ppm CO2, and 0.55 wt.% Cl) evolved to reach K-phonotephritic compositions by crystallization of diopside and forsteritic olivine
at total fluid pressure higher than 300 MPa. These magmas fed a very shallow reservoir. The low-pressure differentiation of
the volatile-poor K-phonotephritic magmas (H2O<1 wt.%) involved mixing, open-system degassing, and crystallization of leucite, salite, and plagioclase. The eruption was
triggered by intrusion of a volatile-rich magma batch that rose from a depth of 11–22 km into the shallow magma chamber. The
first phase of the eruption represents the partial emptying of the shallow reservoir, the top of which is within the volcanic
edifice. The newly arrived magma mixed with that resident in the shallow reservoir and forced the transition from the effusive
to the lava fountain phase of the eruption.
Received: 14 September 1998 / Accepted: 10 January 1999 |
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Keywords: | Vesuvius Magma chamber Melt inclusions Volatiles |
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