Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism

by White, James D. L.; Smellie, John L.; Clague, David A.

• ISBN13: 9780875909998
• ISBN10: 087590999X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-10
• Publisher: American Geophysical Union

Summary

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 140.

Subaqueous explosive eruptions are common, and in earth's early history were ubiquitous. Although they are unlike eruptions we find on land, they operate with the same fundamental processes. Deep-sea eruptions modify important seafloor hydrothermal systems and their coupled habitats for extremophile organisms, and large eruptions on the continental shelf presumably have as yet unknown effects on a wide range of marine organisms. Shallow eruptions that can affect shipping lanes and threaten coastal environments, either directly or by generation of tsunami, also appear to produce deposits and conditions closely linked with formation of significant chunks of the world's mineral resources.

Author Biography

James D. L. White is the editor of Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism, published by Wiley. John L. Smellie is the editor of Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface
James White	ix
Introduction
James D.L. White, John L. Smellie, and David A. Clague	1	(24)
Section I: Subaqueous Eruption Dynamics
Water/Magma Interaction: Physical Considerations for the Deep Submarine Environment
Kenneth H. Wohletz	25	(26)
Phreatomagmatic Explosions in Subaqueous Volcanism
Bernd Zimanowski and Ralf Büttner	51	(10)
Melting of Ice by Magma-Ice-Water Interactions During Subglacial Eruptions as an Indicator of Heat Transfer in Subaqueous Eruptions
Magnús T. Gudmundsson	61	(12)
Pyroclastic and Hydroclastic Deposits on Loihi Seamount, Hawaii
David A. Clague, R. Batiza, James W. Head III, and Alicé S. Davis	73	(24)
Large-Scale Interaction of Lake Water and Rhyolitic Magma During the 1.8 ka Taupo Eruption, New Zealand
B.F. Houghton, B.J. Hobden, K.V. Cashman, C.J.N. Wilson, and R.T. Smith	97	(14)
Section II: Explosive Eruptions in the Modern Deep Sea
Submarine Strombolien Eruptions on the Gorda Mid-Ocean Ridge
David A. Clague, Alicé S. Davis, and Jacqueline E. Dixon	111	(18)
Hyaloclastite from Miocene Seamounts Offshore Central California: Compositions, Eruption Styles, and Depositional Processes
Alicé S. Davis and David A. Clague	129	(14)
Recent MORE Volcaniclastic Explosive Deposits Formed Between 500 and 1750 m.b.s.l. on the Axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, South of the Azores
Jean-Philippe Eissen, Yves Fouquet, Delphine Hardy, Hélène Ondréas	143	(24)
Section III: Explosive Shallow-Marine (Surteyan) Eruptions and Their Kin
A Cluster Of Surtseyan Volcanoes at Lookout Bluff, North Otago, New Zealand: Aspects of Edifice Spacing and Time
Doris Maicher	167	(12)
Eruptive and Depositional Mechanisms of an Eocene Shallow Submarine Volcano, Moeraki Peninsula, New Zealand
Benjamin Andrews	179	(10)
A Subaqueous Eruption Model For Shallow-Water, Small Volume Eruptions: Evidence From Two Precambrian Examples
Wulf U. Mueller	189	(16)
Basaltic Lava Balloons Produced During the 1:998-2001 Serreta Submarine Ridge Eruption (Azores)
João L. Gaspar, Gabriela Queiroz, José M. Pacheco, Teresa Ferreira, Nicolau Wallenstein, Maria H. Almeida, and Rui Coutinho	205	(8)
Section III: Pumiceous Subsea Silicic Eruptions From the Modern Seafloor
Subaqueous Pumice Eruptions and Their Products: A Review
K. Kano	213	(18)
Submarine Silicic Calderas on the Northern Shichito-Iwojima Ridge, Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) Arc, Western Pacific
Makoto Yuasa and Kazuhiko Kano	231	(14)
Section IV: Subaqueous Pumiceous Deposits and Their Interpretation
Submarine, Silicic, Syn-Eruptive Pyroclastic Units in the Mount Read Volcanics, Western Tasmania: Influence of Vent Setting and Proximity on Lithofacies Characteristics
Jocelyn McPhie and Rodney L. Allen	245	(14)
Vesiculation and Eruption Processes of Submarine Effusive and Explosive Rocks from the Middle Miocene Ogi Basalt, Sado Island, Japan
None Fujibayashi and Umio Sakai	259	(14)
The Submarine Record of a Large-Scale Explosive Eruption in the Vanuatu Arc: -1 Ma Efate Pumice Formation
Alison M. Raos and Jocelyn McPhie	273	(12)
Products of Explosive Subaqueous Felsic Eruptions Based on Examples From the Hellenic Island Arc, Greece
S.R. Allen and A.L. Stewart	285	(14)
Miocene Submarine Fire Fountain Deposits, Ryugazaki Headland, Oshoro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan: Implications for Submarine Fountain Dynamics and Fragmentation Processes
R.A.F. Cas, H. Yamagishi, L. Moore and C. Scutter	299	(18)
An Archean Submarine Pyroclastic Flow Due to Submarine Dome Collapse: The Hurd Deposit, Harker Township, Ontario, Canada
C.R. Scott, D. Richard, and A.D. Fowler	317	(12)
Section V: Economic Significance of Explosive Submarine Eruptions
Deep Marine Pumice from the Woodlark and Manus Basins, Papua New Guinea
Raymond A. Binns	329	(16)
Morphology, Distribution, and Estimated Eruption Volumes for Intracaldera Tuffs Associated With Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits in the Archean Sturgeon Lake Caldera Complex, Northwestern Ontario
George J. Hudak, Ronald L. Morton, James M. Franklin, and Dean. M. Peterson	345	(16)
Analysis of VHMS-Hosting Ignimbrites Erupted at Bathyal Water Depths (Ordovican Bald Mountain Sequence, Northern Maine)
Lowell G. Kessel and Cathy J. Busby	361