Petrology of lavas from the Puu Oo eruption of Kilauea Volcano: III. The Kupaianaha episode (1986–1992) |
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| Authors: | Michael O Garcia J M Rhodes Frank A Trusdell Aaron J Pietruszka |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Hawaii Center for Volcanology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA, US;(2) Department of Geology and Geography, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA, US |
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| Abstract: | The Puu Oo eruption has been remarkable in the historical record of Kilauea Volcano for its duration (over 13 years), volume
(>1 km3) and compositional variation (5.7–10 wt.% MgO). During the summer of 1986, the main vent for lava production moved 3 km down
the east rift zone and the eruption style changed from episodic geyser-like fountaining at Puu Oo to virtually continuous,
relatively quiescent effusion at the Kupaianaha vent. This paper examines this next chapter in the Puu Oo eruption, episodes
48 and 49, and presents new ICP-MS trace element and Pb-, Sr-, and Nd-isotope data for the entire eruption (1983–1994). Nearly
aphyric to weakly olivine-phyric lavas were erupted during episodes 48 and 49. The variation in MgO content of Kupaianaha
lavas erupted before 1990 correlates with changes in tilt at the summit of Kilauea, both of which probably were controlled
by variations in Kilauea's magma supply rate. These lavas contain euhedral olivines which generally are in equilibrium with
whole-rock compositions, although some of the more mafic lavas which erupted during 1990, a period of frequent pauses in the
eruption, accumulated 2–4 vol.% olivine. The highest forsterite content of olivines (∼85%) in Kupaianaha lavas indicates that
the parental magmas for these lavas had MgO contents of ∼10 wt.%, which equals the highest observed value for lavas during
this eruption. The composition of the Puu Oo lavas has progressively changed during the eruption. Since early 1985 (episode
30), when mixing between an evolved rift zone magma and a more mafic summit reservoir-derived magma ended, the normalized
(to 10 wt.% MgO) abundances of highly incompatible elements and CaO have systematically decreased with time, whereas ratios
of these trace elements and Pb, Sr, and Nd isotopes, and the abundances of Y and Yb, have remained relatively unchanged. These
results indicate that the Hawaiian plume source for Puu Oo magmas must be relatively homogeneous on a scale of 10–20 km3 (assuming 5–10% partial melting), and that localized melting within the plume has apparently progressively depleted its incompatible
elements and clinopyroxene component as the eruption continued. The rate of variation of highly incompatible elements in Puu
Oo lavas is much greater than that observed for Kilauea historical summit lavas (e.g., Ba/Y 0.09 a–1 vs ∼0.03 a–1). This rapid change indicates that Puu Oo magmas did not mix thoroughly with magma in the summit reservoir. Thus, except
for variable amounts of olivine fractionation, the geochemical variation in these lavas is predominantly controlled by mantle
processes.
Received: 8 March 1996 / Accepted: 30 April 1996 |
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| Keywords: | Hawaii Kilauea Volcano magma Volcano plumbing lava geochemistry mantlemelting |
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