The Holocene Secche di Lazzaro phreatomagmatic succession (Stromboli,Italy): evidence of pyroclastic density current origin deduced by facies analysis and AMS flow directions |
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| Authors: | Guido Giordano Massimiliano Porreca Pietro Musacchio Massimo Mattei |
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| Institution: | (1) Dipartimento Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy;(2) Largo S. Leonardo Murialdo 1, 00154 Roma, Italia |
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| Abstract: | The edifice of Stromboli volcano gravitationally collapsed several times during its volcanic history (>100 ka–present). The
largest Holocene event occurred during the final stage of the Neostromboli activity (∼13–5 ka), and was accompanied by the
emplacement of phreatomagmatic and lahar deposits, known as the Secche di Lazzaro succession. A stratigraphic and paleomagnetic
study of the Secche di Lazzaro deposits allows the interpretation of the emplacement and the eruptive processes. We identify
three main units within the succession that correspond to changing eruption conditions. The lower unit (UA) consists of accretionary
lapilli-rich, thinly bedded, parallel- to cross-stratified ash deposits, interpreted to indicate the early stages of the eruption
and emplacement of dilute pyroclastic density currents. Upward, the second unit (UB) of the deposit is more massive and the
beds thicker, indicating an increase in the sedimentation rate from pyroclastic density currents. The upper unit (UC) caps
the succession with thick, immediately post-eruptive lahars, which reworked ash deposited on the volcano’s slope. Flow directions
obtained by Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) analysis of the basal bed of UA at the type locality suggest a provenance
of pyroclastic currents from the sea. This is interpreted to be related to the initial base-surges associated with water–magma
interaction that occurred immediately after the lateral collapse, which wrapped around the shoulder of the sector collapse
scar. Upward in the stratigraphy (upper beds of UA and UB) paleoflow directions change and show a provenance from the summit
vent, probably related to the multiple collapses of a vertical, pulsatory eruptive column. |
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| Keywords: | Stromboli volcano Lateral sector collapse Phreatomagmatism Magnetic fabric Pyroclastic density current Lahar |
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