Lava lakes and shallow level magmatic feeding systems of mafic volcanoes of an ocean island: Ambrym, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), South Pacific

dc.contributor.authorNemeth, Karolyen_US
dc.contributor.authorCronin, Shane J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-22T01:34:51Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-25T21:16:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-06T22:24:13Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-07T13:56:55Z
dc.date.available2007-01-16en_US
dc.date.available2007-05-22T01:34:51Zen_US
dc.date.available2007-11-25T21:16:38Z
dc.date.available2016-03-06T22:24:13Z
dc.date.available2016-09-07T13:56:55Z
dc.date.issued2006-01-01en_US
dc.description.abstractAmbrym is an active volcanic island with 2 major vent complexes; Marum and Benbow. These vent complexes are continuously active over at least the past two thousands of years. These active vents either produce constant degassing during quite periods or sub-Plinian to Vulcanian explosive eruptions commonly influenced by magma-water interaction triggered phreatomagmatic explosive phases. The active vents of Ambrym perfectly expos inner walls of the crater/conduit transition zone, allowing to study in cross sectional view of the interbedded coherent magmatic bodies with pyroclastic successions. In the inner crater/conduit wall of the Marum volcano, that consists of at least 3 major vents, as well as a vent that is located on its flank (Niri Taten) exposes solidified complex lava lake cross-sections, lava spatter cone feeding lava pods, shallow intrusions as well as large sills that connected through a complex network of pathways to the surface and/or into the pyroclastic edifice of the volcano. This suggests that shallow level infiltration of melt into a mafic volcano plays an important role in the edifice growth.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/9603
dc.publisherMassey University.en_US
dc.relation.isbasedonVisual Geosciences (Springer), DOI 10.1007/s10069-006-0002-zen_US
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dc.subject.classificationMafic rocken_US
dc.subject.classificationShield volcanoen_US
dc.subject.classificationPit crateren_US
dc.subject.classificationLava spatteren_US
dc.subject.classificationSillen_US
dc.titleLava lakes and shallow level magmatic feeding systems of mafic volcanoes of an ocean island: Ambrym, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), South Pacificen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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