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The largest deep-ocean silicic volcanic eruption of the past century
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Carey, R and Soule, SA and Manga, M and White, JDL and McPhie, J and Wysoczanski, R and Jutzeler, M and Tani, K and Yoerger, D and Fornari, D and Caratori-Tontini, F and Houghton, B and Mitchell, S and Ikegami, F and Conway, C and Murch, A and Fauria, K and Jones, M and Cahalan, R and McKenzie, W, The largest deep-ocean silicic volcanic eruption of the past century, Science Advances, 4, (1) Article e1701121. ISSN 2375-2548 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701121
Abstract
The 2012 submarine eruption of Havre volcano in the Kermadec arc, New Zealand, is the largest deep-ocean eruption in history and one of very few recorded submarine eruptions involving rhyolite magma. It was recognized from a gigantic 400-km2 pumice raft seen in satellite imagery, but the complexity of this event was concealed beneath the sea surface. Mapping, observations, and sampling by submersibles have provided an exceptionally high fidelity record of the seafloor products, which included lava sourced from 14 vents at water depths of 900 to 1220 m, and fragmental deposits including giant pumice clasts up to 9 m in diameter. Most (>75%) of the total erupted volume was partitioned into the pumice raft and transported far from the volcano. The geological record on submarine volcanic edifices in volcanic arcs does not faithfully archive eruption size or magma production.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | submarine eruption, volcano, magma |
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Geology |
| Research Field: | Volcanology |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Carey, R (Associate Professor Rebecca Carey) |
| UTAS Author: | McPhie, J (Professor Jocelyn McPhie) |
| UTAS Author: | Jutzeler, M (Dr Martin Jutzeler) |
| UTAS Author: | Ikegami, F (Mr Fumihiko Ikegami) |
| ID Code: | 124214 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DE150101190) |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 24 |
| Deposited By: | Earth Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2018-02-13 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-03-13 |
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