Volatile content and degassing processes in the AD 79 magma chamber at Vesuvius (Italy) |
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| Authors: | Raffaello Cioni |
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| Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, V.S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy e-mail: rcioni@unica.it, IT |
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| Abstract: | The evolution of volatiles in the AD 79 magma chamber at Vesuvius (Italy) was investigated through the study of melt inclusions
(MI) in crystals of different origins. FTIR spectroscopy and EMPA were used to measure H2O, CO2, S and Cl of the different melts. This allowed us to define the volatile content of the most evolved, phonolitic portion
of the magma chamber and of the mafic melts feeding the chamber. MI in sanidine from phonolitic and tephri-phonolitic pumices
show systematic differences in composition and volatile content, which can be explained by resorption of the host mineral
during syn-eruptive mixing. The pre-eruption content of phonolitic magma appears to have been dominated by H2O and Cl (respectively 6.0 to 6.5 wt% and 6700 ppm), while magma chamber refilling occurred through the repeated injection
of H2O, CO2 and S-rich tephritic magmas (respectively 3%, 1500 ppm and 1400 ppm). Strong CO2 degassing probably occurred during the decompressional path of mafic batches towards the magma chamber, while sulphur was
probably released by the magma following crystallization and mixing processes. Water and chlorine strongly accumulated in
the magma and reached their solubility limits only during the eruption. Chlorine solubility appears to have been strongly
compositionally controlled, and Cl release was inhibited by groundmass crystallization of leucite, which shifted the composition
of the residual liquid towards higher Cl solubilities.
Received: 28 October 1999 / Accepted: 21 April 2000 |
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