Basaltic explosive volcanism: Constraints from deposits and models

被引:157
作者
Houghton, B. F. [1 ]
Gonnermann, H. M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Geol & Geophys, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
关键词
explosive volcanism; basaltic eruptions; Strombolian; Hawaiian; subplinian; Plinian;
D O I
10.1016/j.chemer.2008.04.002
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
Basaltic pyroclastic volcanism takes place over a range of scales and styles, from weak discrete Strombolian explosions (similar to 10(2) - 10(3) kg s(-1)) to Plinian eruptions of moderate intensity (10(7)-10(8) kg s(-1)). Recent well-documented historical eruptions from Etna, Kilauea and Stromboli typify this diversity. Etna is Europe's largest and most voluminously productive volcano with an extraordinary level and diversity of Strombolian to subplinian activity since 1990. Kilauea, the reference volcano for Hawaiian fountaining, has four recent eruptions with high fountaining (>400m) activity in 1959, 1960, 1969 (-1974) and 1983-1986 (-2008); other summit (1971, 1974, 1982) and flank eruptions have been characterized by low fountaining activity. Stromboli is the type location for mildly explosive Strombolian eruptions, and from 1999 to 2008 these persisted at a rate of ca. 9 per hour, briefly interrupted in 2003 and 2007 by vigorous paroxysmal eruptions. Several properties of basaltic pyroclastic deposits described here, such as bed geometry, grain size, clast morphology and vesicularity, and crystal content are keys to understand the dynamics of the parent eruptions. The lack of clear correlations between eruption rate and style, as well as observed rapid fluctuations in eruptive behavior, point to the likelihood of eruption style being moderated by differences in the fluid dynamics of magma and gas ascent and the mechanism by which the erupting magma fragments. In all cases, the erupting magma consists of a mixture of melt and gaseous bubbles. The depth and rate of degassing, melt rheology, bubble rise and coalescence rates, and extent of syn-eruptive microlite growth define complex feedbacks that permit reversible shifts between fragmentation mechanisms and in eruption style and intensity. However, many basaltic explosive eruptions end after an irreversible shift to open-system outgassing and microlite crystallization in melt within the conduit. Clearer understanding of the factors promoting this diversity of basaltic pyroclastic eruptions is of fundamental importance in order to improve understanding of the range of behaviors of these volcanoes and assess hazards of future explosive events at basaltic volcanoes. The three volcanoes used for this review are the sites of large and growing volcano-tourism operations and there is a public need both for better knowledge of the volcanoes' behavior and improved forecasting of the likely course of future eruptions. (C) 2008 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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