Changing eruptive styles in basaltic explosive volcanism: Examples from Croscat complex scoria cone, Garrotxa Volcanic Field (NE Iberian Peninsula)

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作者
Di Traglia, F. [1 ]
Cimarelli, C. [1 ]
de Rita, D. [1 ]
Gimeno Torrente, D. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Sci Geol, I-00156 Rome, Italy
[2] Univ Barcelona, Dept Geoquim Petrol & Prospeccio Geol, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
关键词
basaltic explosive volcanism; complex scoria cones; Garrotxa; vesicles; mingling; fragmentation; CONDUIT PROCESSES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VALENCIA TROUGH; MAGMA; ETNA; TRANSITION; STROMBOLI; HAWAIIAN; DYNAMICS; INSIGHTS;
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10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.10.020
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
摘要
The Croscat pyroclastic succession has been analysed to investigate the transition between different eruptive styles in basaltic monogenetic volcanoes, with particular emphasis on the role of phreatomagmatism in triggering Violent Strombolian eruptions. Croscat volcano, an 11 ka basaltic complex scoria cone in the Quaternary Garrotxa Volcanic Field (GVF) shows pyroclastic deposits related both to magmatic and phreatomagmatic explosions. Lithofacies analysis, grain size distribution, chemical composition, glass shard morphologies, vesicularity, bubble-number density and crystallinity of the Croscat pyroclastic succession have been used to characterize the different eruptive styles. Eruptions at Croscat began with fissural Hawaiian-type fountaining that rapidly changed to eruption types transitional between Hawaiian and Strombolian from a central vent. A first phreatomagmatic phase occurred by the interaction between magma and water from a shallow aquifer system at the waning of the Hawaiian- and Strombolian-types stage. A Violent Strombolian explosion then occurred, producing a widespread (8 km(2)), voluminous tephra blanket. The related deposits are characterized by the presence of wood-shaped, highly vesicular scoriae. Glass-bearing xenoliths (buchites) are also present within the deposit. At the waning of the Violent Strombolian phase a second phreatomagmatic phase occurred, producing a second voluminous deposit dispersed over 8.4 km(2). The eruption ended with a lava flow emission and consequent breaching of the western-side of the volcano. Our data suggest that the Croscat Violent Strombolian phase was related to the ascent of deeper, crystal-poor, highly vesicular magma under fast decompression rate. Particles and vesicles elongation and brittle failure observed in the wood-shaped clasts indicate that fragmentation during Violent Strombolian phase was enhanced by high strain-rate of the magma within the conduit. (C) 2008 Elsevier BY. All rights reserved.
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