Pre-eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi-plugged volcanoes

Understanding the role of various factors influencing eruption style is challenging, but it can aid in adapting different hazard mitigations and crisis responses for explosive or effusive events. Here, we focus on the role of magma storage conditions in controlling eruption styles at basaltic andesi...

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Main Authors: Sri Budhi Utami, Juan Andùjar, Fidel Costa, Bruno Scaillet, Hanik Humaida, Simon Carn
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.882097/full
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author Sri Budhi Utami
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description Understanding the role of various factors influencing eruption style is challenging, but it can aid in adapting different hazard mitigations and crisis responses for explosive or effusive events. Here, we focus on the role of magma storage conditions in controlling eruption styles at basaltic andesite volcanoes, and how they can be related to monitoring data. We study the cycle of explosive (1990, sub-Plinian) → effusive (2007, dome) → explosive (2014, sub-Plinian) eruptions from Kelud (Kelut) volcano, Indonesia. We conducted petrological analyses of the eruption products and phase equilibria experiments using pumice and explored a range of temperatures, pressures, oxygen fugacity, and volatile contents. We show that we can reproduce the main mineral assemblage (plagioclase ± pyroxenes ± magnetite ± amphibole ± olivine) and phenocryst content (30–50 wt%) of the magmas from the three eruptions at T = 975 ± 39°C, p = 175 ± 25 MPa, fO2 = nickel–nickel oxide buffer, and about 4–6 wt% water in the melt (ca. 3 to 5 wt% and ca. 4 to 7 wt% for the 1990 and 2014 eruptions, respectively). However, geothermobarometric results also indicate that some crystals of amphibole were sourced from higher pressures. We infer from a synthesis of our data and historical observations that the high phenocryst content of the 2007 dome (∼70 wt%) likely resulted from slow magma ascent toward the surface alongside progressive degassing and re-equilibration at a lower volatile content (∼1 wt% water in the melt). Mass balance calculations on the sulfur budget of the 1990, 2007, and 2014 magmas show that the explosive events contained an excess fluid phase at pre-eruptive conditions, and we propose that this led to their higher explosivity compared to the 2007 dome. The accumulation of excess fluids during decadal-long repose depends on how plugged the volcanic system is, or its ability to passively release magmatic fluids, prior to eruption. Such condition could be inferred from monitoring records, including changes in gravity of the plumbing system over time, and thus contribute to better anticipate eruptive style.
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spelling doaj.art-9c259af392894ddaab263b7989f2e4e62022-12-22T02:35:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Earth Science2296-64632022-09-011010.3389/feart.2022.882097882097Pre-eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi-plugged volcanoesSri Budhi Utami0Juan Andùjar1Fidel Costa2Fidel Costa3Fidel Costa4Bruno Scaillet5Hanik Humaida6Simon Carn7Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeInstitut des Sciences de La Terre Orléans (ISTO), CNRS-Université D’Orléans-BRGM, Orléans, FranceAsian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeEarth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique Du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, FranceInstitut des Sciences de La Terre Orléans (ISTO), CNRS-Université D’Orléans-BRGM, Orléans, FranceBalai Penyelidikan Dan Perkembangan Teknologi Kebencanaan Geologi, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaMichigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United StatesUnderstanding the role of various factors influencing eruption style is challenging, but it can aid in adapting different hazard mitigations and crisis responses for explosive or effusive events. Here, we focus on the role of magma storage conditions in controlling eruption styles at basaltic andesite volcanoes, and how they can be related to monitoring data. We study the cycle of explosive (1990, sub-Plinian) → effusive (2007, dome) → explosive (2014, sub-Plinian) eruptions from Kelud (Kelut) volcano, Indonesia. We conducted petrological analyses of the eruption products and phase equilibria experiments using pumice and explored a range of temperatures, pressures, oxygen fugacity, and volatile contents. We show that we can reproduce the main mineral assemblage (plagioclase ± pyroxenes ± magnetite ± amphibole ± olivine) and phenocryst content (30–50 wt%) of the magmas from the three eruptions at T = 975 ± 39°C, p = 175 ± 25 MPa, fO2 = nickel–nickel oxide buffer, and about 4–6 wt% water in the melt (ca. 3 to 5 wt% and ca. 4 to 7 wt% for the 1990 and 2014 eruptions, respectively). However, geothermobarometric results also indicate that some crystals of amphibole were sourced from higher pressures. We infer from a synthesis of our data and historical observations that the high phenocryst content of the 2007 dome (∼70 wt%) likely resulted from slow magma ascent toward the surface alongside progressive degassing and re-equilibration at a lower volatile content (∼1 wt% water in the melt). Mass balance calculations on the sulfur budget of the 1990, 2007, and 2014 magmas show that the explosive events contained an excess fluid phase at pre-eruptive conditions, and we propose that this led to their higher explosivity compared to the 2007 dome. The accumulation of excess fluids during decadal-long repose depends on how plugged the volcanic system is, or its ability to passively release magmatic fluids, prior to eruption. Such condition could be inferred from monitoring records, including changes in gravity of the plumbing system over time, and thus contribute to better anticipate eruptive style.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.882097/fullexperimental petrologyKeludKeluteruption stylevolatilesvolcano monitoring
spellingShingle Sri Budhi Utami
Juan Andùjar
Fidel Costa
Fidel Costa
Fidel Costa
Bruno Scaillet
Hanik Humaida
Simon Carn
Pre-eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi-plugged volcanoes
Frontiers in Earth Science
experimental petrology
Kelud
Kelut
eruption style
volatiles
volcano monitoring
title Pre-eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi-plugged volcanoes
title_full Pre-eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi-plugged volcanoes
title_fullStr Pre-eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi-plugged volcanoes
title_full_unstemmed Pre-eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi-plugged volcanoes
title_short Pre-eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi-plugged volcanoes
title_sort pre eruptive excess volatiles and their relationship to effusive and explosive eruption styles in semi plugged volcanoes
topic experimental petrology
Kelud
Kelut
eruption style
volatiles
volcano monitoring
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