Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
May 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011georl..3809312l&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 38, Issue 9, CiteID L09312
Physics
Geophysics
Marine Geology And Geophysics: Seafloor Morphology, Geology, And Geophysics, Marine Geology And Geophysics: Submarine Landslides, Volcanology: Volcanoclastic Deposits, Volcanology: Volcanic Hazards And Risks (4302, 4328, 4333)
Scientific paper
Results from recent marine geophysical surveys offer a new perspective for characterizing the evolution processes of volcanic islands. In 2006, cruises FOREVER and ERODER 1 investigated the submarine flanks and the surrounding abyssal plain of La Réunion (Indian Ocean) to obtain for the first time a complete geophysical survey of the area. Combined analyses of these data reveal major differences in the evolution of the two emerged volcanoes, Piton des Neiges and Piton de la Fournaise. We show that debris avalanche deposits extend on the abyssal plain only offshore the active Piton de la Fournaise volcano attesting the occurrence of large flank-collapse events. The absence of such deposits offshore Piton des Neiges and the presence of compressive structures within the sedimentary unit below the edifice support a mechanism of slow deformation of this volcano, such as sliding or spreading. The slow deformation of Piton des Neiges has led to numerous secondary submarine slope instabilities and favored some unconfined turbidity flows which generated large sediment waves running downward all around the island. This study proposes a new model using the most complete marine data set available: slow deformation controls the evolution of Piton des Neiges whereas Piton de la Fournaise (formed on the flanks of a pre-existing edifice) experienced catastrophic, large flank-collapse events.
Bachèlery Patrick
Boudon Georges
Clément Valentin
de Voogd Beatrice
Deplus Christine
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