Caught in the act: Implications for the increasing abundance of mafic enclaves during the recent eruptive episodes of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

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Mar 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010georl..3700e09b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 37, CiteID L00E09

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Volcanology: Volcano Monitoring (7280), Volcanology: Physics And Chemistry Of Magma Bodies, Volcanology: Field Relationships (1090, 3690)

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An exceptional opportunity to sample several large blocks sourced from the same region of the growing Soufrière Hills lava dome has documented a significant increase in the presence of mafic enclaves in the host andesite during the course of a long-lived eruptive episode with several phases. In 1997 (Phase I) mafic inclusions comprised ˜1 volume percent of erupted material; in 2007 (Phase III) deposits their volumetric abundance increased to 5-7 percent. A broader range of geochemically distinctive types occurs amongst the 2007 enclaves. Crystal-poor enclaves generally have the least evolved (basaltic) compositions; porphyritic enclaves represent compositions intermediate between basaltic and andesitic compositions. The absence of porphyritic enclaves prior to Phase III magmatism at Soufrière Hills Volcano suggests that a mixing event occurred during the course of the current eruptive episode, providing direct evidence consistent with geophysical observations that the system is continuously re-invigorated from depth.

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