Stratigraphy,chronology, and character of the 1976 pyroclastic eruption of Augustine volcano,Alaska |
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| Authors: | Hiroki Kamata David A Johnston Richard B Waitt |
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| Institution: | (1) David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survery, 5400 MacArthur Blvd., 98661 Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.;(2) Geological Survey of Japan, Osaka Office, Government Bldg. no. 2, Bekkan 5F., 4-1-67, Otemae, Chuo-ku, 540 Osaka, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The chronology of deposits of the 1976 eruption of Augustine volcano, which produced pyroclastic falls, pyroclastic flows, and lava domes, is determined by correlating the stratigraphy with published records of seismicity, plume observations, and distant ash falls. Three thin air-fall ash beds (unit A1, A2 and A3) correlate with events near the beginning of the 1976 eruption on 22 and 23 January. On 24 January a small-volume, ash-cloud-surge deposit (unit S) accumulated over the north half of Augustine Island. A series of pumiceous pyroclastic flows represented by the lobate pumiceous deposits (unit F) occurred on 24 January and locally melted the snowpack to cause small pumice-laden floods. A thin ash bed (unit A4) was deposited on 24 January, and the main plinian eruption (unit P) occurred on 25 January. In middle to late February and again in mid April, lava domes were extruded at the summit accompanied by incandescent block-and-ash flows down the north flank. A hut near the north coast of the island was mechanically and thermally damaged by the small-volume ash-cloud surge of unit S before the eruption of the pumice flow of unit F; the metal roof was then penetrated by lithic fragments of the plinian fall of 25 January. Explosive eruptions in the early stage of an eruption-like that which deposited unit S — are important hazards at Augustine Island, as are infrequent debris avalanches and attendant tsunamis.deceased on 18 May 1980 |
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