Primative components, crustal assimilation, and magmatic degassing of the 2008 Kilauea summit eruption
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Abstract
Simultaneous summit and rift zone eruptions at Kīlauea starting in 2008 reflect a shallow eruptive plumbing system inundated by a bourgeoning supply of new magma from depth. Olivine-hosted melt inclusions, host glass, and bulk lava compositions of magma erupted at both the summit and east rift zone demonstrate chemical continuity at both ends of a well-worn summit-to-rift pipeline. Analysis of glass within dense-cored lapilli erupted from the summit in March – August 2008 show these are not samplings of compositionally distinct magmas stored in the shallow summit magma reservoir, but instead result from remelting and assimilation of fragments from conduit wall and vent blocks. Summit pyroclasts show the predominant and most primitive component erupted to be a homogenous, relatively trace-element-depleted melt that is a compositionally indistinguishable from east rift lava. Based on a “top-down” model for the geochemical variation in east rift zone lava over the past 30 years, we suggest that the apparent absence of a 1982 enriched component in melt inclusions, as well as the proposed summit-rift zone connectivity based on sulfur and mineral chemistry, indicate that the last of the pre-1983 magma has been flushed out of the summit reservoir during the surge of mantle-derived magma from 2003-2007.
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| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Primative components, crustal assimilation, and magmatic degassing of the 2008 Kilauea summit eruption |
| Year Published | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
| Contributing office(s) | Volcano Science Center |
| Description | 18 p. |
| Larger Work Title | Hawaiian volcanoes, from source to surface |
| First page | 439 |
| Last page | 457 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Hawaii |
| Other Geospatial | Kīlauea volcano |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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