Geochemical modeling of magma mixing and magma reservoir volumes during early episodes of Kīlauea Volcano’s Pu‘u ‘ō‘ō eruption |
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Authors: | Patrick J Shamberger Michael O Garcia |
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Institution: | (1) Department Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822, USA |
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Abstract: | Geochemical modeling of magma mixing allows for evaluation of volumes of magma storage reservoirs and magma plumbing configurations.
A new analytical expression is derived for a simple two-component box-mixing model describing the proportions of mixing components
in erupted lavas as a function of time. Four versions of this model are applied to a mixing trend spanning episodes 3–31 of
Kilauea Volcano’s Puu Oo eruption, each testing different constraints on magma reservoir input and output fluxes. Unknown
parameters (e.g., magma reservoir influx rate, initial reservoir volume) are optimized for each model using a non-linear least
squares technique to fit model trends to geochemical time-series data. The modeled mixing trend closely reproduces the observed
compositional trend. The two models that match measured lava effusion rates have constant magma input and output fluxes and
suggest a large pre-mixing magma reservoir (46±2 and 49±1 million m3), with little or no volume change over time. This volume is much larger than a previous estimate for the shallow, dike-shaped
magma reservoir under the Puu Oo vent, which grew from ∼3 to ∼10–12 million m3. These volumetric differences are interpreted as indicating that mixing occurred first in a larger, deeper reservoir before
the magma was injected into the overlying smaller reservoir.
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Keywords: | Geochemistry Hawai‘ i Kilauea Magma chamber Magma mixing Modeling |
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