Pleistocene mass-flow deposits of basaltic hyaloclastite on a shallow submarine shelf,South Iceland     

Steffen G Bergh  Gudmundur E Sigvaldason 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1991,53(8):597-611

A Pleistocene subaqueous, volcanic sequence in South Iceland consists of flows of basaltic hyaloclastite and lava with interbedded sedimentary diamictite units. Emplacement occurred on a distal submarine shelf in drowned valleys along the southern coast of Iceland. The higher sea level was caused by eustatic sea-level change, probably towards the end of a glaciation. This sequence, nearly 700 m thick, rests unconformably on eroded flatlying lavas and sedimentary rocks of likely Tertiary age. A Standard Depositional Unit, describing the flows of hyaloclastite, starts with compact columnar-jointed basalt overlain by cubejointed basalt, and/or pillow lava. This in turn is overlain by thick unstructured hyaloclastite containing aligned basalt lobes, and bedded hyaloclastite at the top. A similar lithofacies succession is valid for proximal to distal locations. The flows were produced by repeated voluminous extrusions of basaltic lava from subaquatic fissures on the Eastern Rift Zone of Iceland. The fissures are assumed to lie in the same general area as the 1783 Laki fissure which produced 12 km³ of basaltic lava. Due to very high extrusion rates, the effective water/melt ratio was low, preventing optimal fragmentation of the melt. The result was a heterogeneous mass of hyaloclastite and fluid melt which moved en masse downslope with the melt at the bottom of the flow and increasingly vesicular hyaloclastite fragments above. The upper and distal parts of the flow moved as low-concentration turbulent suspensions that deposited bedded hyaloclastite.  相似文献   

Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere     

Presnall  Dean C.; Gudfinnsson  Gudmundur H. 《Journal of Petrology》2008,49(4):615-632

In a global examination of mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) glasscompositions, we find that Na₈–Fe₈–depth variationsdo not support modeling of MORBs as aggregates of melt compositionsgenerated over a large range of temperature and pressure. However,the Na₈–Fe₈ variations are consistent with the compositionalsystematics of solidus melts in the plagioclase–spinellherzolite transition in the CaO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂–Na₂O–FeO(CMASNF) system. For natural compositions, the P–T rangefor melt extraction is estimated to be 1·2–1·5GPa and 1250–1280°C. This P–T range is a closematch with the maximum P–T conditions for explosive pressure-releasevaporization of carbonate-bearing melts. It is proposed thatfracturing of the lithosphere induces explosive formation andescape of CO₂ vapor. This provides the vehicle for extractionof MORBs at a relatively uniform T and P. The upper portionof the CO₂-bearing and slightly melted seismic low-velocityzone flows toward the ridge, rises at the ridge axis to lower-lithospheredepths, melts much more extensively during this rise, and releasesMORB melts to the surface driven by explosively escaping CO₂vapor. The residue and overlying crust produced by this meltingthen migrate away from the ridge axis as new oceanic lithosphere.The entire process of oceanic lithosphere creation involvesonly the upper 140 km. When lithospheric stresses shift fractureformation to other localities, escape of CO₂ ceases, the vehiclefor transporting melt to the surface disappears, and ridgesdie. Inverse correlations of Na₈ vs Fe₈ for MORB glasses areexplained by mantle heterogeneity, and positive variations superimposedon the inverse variations are consistent with progressive extractionof melts from short, ascending melting columns. The uniformlylow temperatures of MORB extraction are not consistent withthe existence of hot plumes on or close to ocean ridges. Inthis modeling, the southern Atlantic mantle from Bouvet to about26°N is relatively homogeneous, whereas the Atlantic mantlenorth of about 26°N shows significant long-range heterogeneity.The mantle between the Charlie Gibbs and Jan Mayen fracturezones is strongly enriched in FeO/MgO, perhaps by a trappedfragment of basaltic crust. Iceland is explained as the productof this enrichment, not a hot plume. The East Pacific Rise,Galapagos Ridge, Gorda Ridge, and Juan de Fuca Ridge samplemantle that is heterogeneous over short distances. The mantlebeneath the Red Sea is enriched in FeO/MgO relative to the mantlebeneath the northern Indian Ocean.  相似文献   

Generation of mid-ocean ridge basalts at pressures from 1 to 7 GPa     

Dean C Presnall  Gudmundur H GudfinnssonMichael J Walter 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2002,66(12):2073-2090

We propose a model for the generation of average MORBs based on phase relations in the CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-CO₂ system at pressures from 3 to 7 GPa and in the CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-Na₂O-FeO (CMASNF) system at pressures from ∼0.9 to 1.5 GPa. The MELT seismic tomography (Forsyth et al., 2000) across the East Pacific Rise shows the largest amount of melt centered at ∼30-km depth and lesser amounts at greater depths. An average mantle adiabat with a model-system potential temperature (T_p) of 1310°C is used that is consistent with this result. In the mantle, additional minor components would lower solidus temperatures ∼50°C, which would lower T_p of the adiabat for average MORBs to ∼1260°C. The model involves generation of carbonatitic melts and melts that are transitional between carbonatite and kimberlite at very small melt fractions (<0.2%) in the low-velocity zone at pressures of ∼2.6 to 7 GPa in the CMAS-CO₂ system, roughly the pressure range of the PREM low-velocity zone. These small-volume, low-viscosity melts are mixed with much larger volumes of basaltic melt generated at the plagioclase-spinel lherzolite transition in the pressure range of ∼0.9 to 1.5 GPa.In this model, solidus phase relations in the pressure range of the plagioclase-spinel lherzolite transition strongly, but not totally, control the major-element characteristics of MORBs. Although the plagioclase-spinel lherzolite transition suppresses isentropic decompression melting in the CMAS system, this effect does not occur in the topologically different and petrologically more realistic CMASNF system. On the basis of the absence of plagioclase from most abyssal peridotites, which are the presumed residues of MORB generation, we calculate melt productivity during polybaric fractional melting in the plagioclase-spinel lherzolite transition interval at exhaustion of plagioclase in the residue. In the CMASN system, these calculations indicate that the total melt productivity is ∼24%, which is adequate to produce the oceanic crust. The residual mineral proportions from this calculation closely match those of average abyssal peridotites.Melts generated in the plagioclase-spinel lherzolite transition are compositionally distinct from all MORB glasses, but do not have a significant fractional crystallization trend controlled by olivine alone. They reach the composition field of erupted MORBs mainly by crystallization of both plagioclase and olivine, with initial crystallization of either one of these phases rapidly joined by the other. This is consistent with phenocryst assemblages and experimental studies of the most primitive MORBs, which do not show an olivine-controlled fractionation trend. The model is most robust for the eastern Pacific, where an adiabat with a T_p of ∼1260°C is supported by the MELT seismic data and where the global inverse correlation of (FeO)₈ with (Na₂O)₈ is weak. Average MORBs worldwide also are well modeled. A heterogeneous mantle consisting of peridotite of varying degrees of major-element depletion combined with phase-equilibrium controls in the plagioclase-spinel lherzolite transition interval would produce the form of the global correlations at a constant T_p, which suggests a modest range of T_p along ridges. Phase-composition data for the CMASNF system are presently not adequate for quantitative calculation of (FeO)₈-(Na₂O)₈-(CaO/Al₂O₃)₈ systematics in terms of this model. The near absence of basalts in the central portion of the Gakkel Ridge suggests a lower bound for T_p along ridges of ∼1240°C, a potential temperature just low enough to miss the solidus for basalt production at ∼0.9 GPa. An upper bound for T_p is poorly constrained, but the complete absence of picritic glasses in Iceland and the global ridge system suggests an upper bound of ∼1400°C. In contrast to some previous models for MORB generation that emphasize large potential temperature variations in a relatively homogeneous peridotitic mantle, our model emphasizes modest potential temperature variations in a peridotitic mantle that shows varying degrees of heterogeneity. Calculations indicate that melt productivity changes from 0 to 24% for a change in T_p from 1240 to 1260°C, effectively producing a rapid increase to full crustal thickness or decrease to none as ridges appear and disappear.  相似文献   

Nature of the crust-mantle transition zone and the thermal state of the upper mantle beneath Iceland from gravity modelling     

Mikhail K. Kaban  Ólafur G. Flóvenz  Gudmundur Pálmason 《Geophysical Journal International》2002,149(2):281-299

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A Corrected and Generalized Successive Random Additions Algorithm for Simulating Fractional Levy Motions     

Hui-Hai Liu  Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson  Silong Lu  Fred J. Molz 《Mathematical Geology》2004,36(3):361-378

Simulation of subsurface heterogeneity is important for modeling subsurface flow and transport processes. Previous studies have indicated that subsurface property variations can often be characterized by fractional Brownian motion (fBm) or (truncated) fractional Levy motion (fLm). Because Levy-stable distributions have many novel and often unfamiliar properties, studies on generating fLm distributions are rare in the literature. In this study, we generalize a relatively simple and computationally efficient successive random additions (SRA) algorithm, originally developed for generating Gaussian fractals, to simulate fLm distributions. We also propose an additional important step in response to continued observations that the traditional SRA algorithm often generates fractal distributions having poor scaling and correlation properties. Finally, the generalized and modified SRA algorithm is validated through numerical tests.  相似文献   

Effect of glacier loading/deloading on volcanism: postglacial volcanic production rate of the Dyngjufjöll area,central Iceland     

Gudmundur E Sigvaldason  Kristian Annertz  Magnus Nilsson 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1992,54(5):385-392

Tephrochronological dating of postglacial volcanism in the Dyngjufjöll volcanic complex, a major spreading center in the Icelandic Rift Zone, indicates a high production rate in the millennia following deglaciation as compared to the present low productivity. The visible and implied evidence indicates that lava production in the period 10 000–4500 bp was at least 20 to 30 times higher than that in the period after 2900 bp but the results are biased towards lower values for lava volumes during the earlier age periods since multiple lava layers are buried beneath younger flows. The higher production rate during the earlier period coincides with the disappearance of glaciers of the last glaciation. Decreasing lithostatic pressure as the glacier melts and vigorous crustal movements caused by rapid isostatic rebound may trigger intense volcanism until a new pressure equilibrium has been established.  相似文献   

Mineralogische Untersuchungen über Gesteinszersetzung durch postvulkanische Aktivität in Island     

Dr. Gudmundur E. Sigvaldason 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1959,6(6):405-426

Zusammenfassung Es wurden Vorgänge der Gesteinzersetzung durch thermale Aktivität untersucht und zwar einerseits die Zersetzung von Basalt and Liparit durch Fumarolen und anderseits die Zersetzung von Basalt durch eine heiße Quelle. Die Fumarole erzeugt in ihrer ndchsten Umgebung eine starke Schwefelsdurekonzentration der Lösungen, wdhrend das Wasser der heißen Quelle einen alkalischen Charakter hat.Bei der Zersetzung des Basaltes durch die Fumarole Bind zwei verschiedene Bereiche unterscheidbar. In einiger Entfernung vom Fumarolenaustritt Bind bei teilweiser Erhaltung des Muttergesteins Neubildungen von Calcit and Montmorillonit zu beobachten. In Fumarolennähe tritt dagegen unter vollstdndiger Auf lösung der ursprünglichen Basaltininerale Bowie der eben genannten Neubildungen eine Bildung von Kaolinit, Opal and Anatas ein. Das Ineinanderübergehen beider Bereiche ist im Zersetzungsprofil schrittweise zu verfolgen. Bei der Zersetzung von Liparit entsteht — unter teilweiser Erhaltung des Cristobalits und der Feldspate des Muttergesteins — als einziges Tonmineral Kaolinit.Die Zersetzung durch die alkalische heiße Quelle führt zu einer vollständiger Zerstörung sämtlicher Minerale des Basaltes. Als Neubildungen entstehen Montmorillonit and ein Zeolith, die auch bei den extremsten hier erreichten Zersetzungsverhdltnissen stabil bleiben.Die Wanderung der chemischen Elemente in den Zersetzungsvorgdngen wird unter der Annahme diskutiert, daß das Titan die geringste Transportfähigkeit der betrachteten Elemente aufweist. Es ergibt sich dabei eine starke Wegfuhr der meisten Elemente durch die sauren Lösungen wobei nur Titan, Zirkon and auch Niob relativ angereichert werden. Die Zufuhr beschränkt sich auf Schwefel (der als elementarer Schwefel, Sulfid and Sulfat auftritt) and Wasser. Bei der alkalischen Quelle ergibt sich dagegen eine Wegfuhr nur bei wenigen Elementen (Natrium, Erdalkalien). Kalium wird angereichert, wahrscheinlich durch eine starke Bindung an Montmorillonit. Der auch hier (neben Wasser) zugeführte Schwefelliegt als Sulfid and Suliat vor.  相似文献   

Das Liparitvorkommen der Móskardshnjúkar auf Island     

Gudmundur E. Sigvaldason 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1958,6(2):100-107

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein kleines, wahrscheinlich extrusives Liparitvorkommen (Quellkuppe) in der Nähe von Reykjavik beschrieben, das auf tertiärem Plateaubasalt aufliegt.Im Felde wurden zwei Gesteinsvarietäten beobachtet, eine helle und eine dunkle, wobei sich die helle als ein Umwandlungsprodukt, wahrscheinlich unter dem Einfluß hydrothermaler Lösungen der vulkanischen Nachphase, erwies. Die Umwandlung besteht hauptsächlich darin, daß eine ursprünglich vorhandene glasige Grundmasse auskristallisiert ist. Dabei wurde ein großer Teil des Eisens, Calciums und Magnesiums weggeführt.In den äußeren Teilen des Vorkommens wurden zwei Varietäten von Sphärolithen beobachtet, nämlich Albitsphärolithe und Albit-Quarz-Sphärolithe.  相似文献   

Chemistry of basalts from the Icelandic Rift Zone     

Dr. Gudmundur E. Sigvaldason 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1969,20(4):357-370

The chemistry of basalts from the Icelandic Rift Zone is discussed on the basis of 34 analysis, both new and previously published. It is concluded that a distinct chemical grouping is present between alkalibasalts and tholeiitic basalts.The tholeiitic basalts can furthermore be grouped into batches with slightly different primitive chemistry but identical differentiation trends.The chemical variation within a group of basalts from the same volcanic center can be related to a time scale in such a way, that the youngest (historic) lavas all show advanched differentiation, but the lavas known to be oldest have the most primitive chemistry.The possibility is suggested, that the volcanic activity along the Icelandic Rift Zone represents an independent cycle of chemical differentiation, distinct from the Tertiary volcanic activity along the Wyville Thompson Ridge.Attention is drawn to a fairly well defined grouping of basalts from different parts of the Midatlantic Ridge using the plot combined iron against magnesia.  相似文献   

Kinematics and Heat Flow in a Volcanic Rift Zone, with Application to Iceland   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Gudmundur Pálmason 《Geophysical Journal International》1973,33(4):451-481

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