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Storage timescales and the crystal growth history recorded in the layered reservoir of the Unit 3 Kulanaokuaiki Tephra Member of the Uēkahuna Ash from Kīlauea volcano
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The Kulanaokuaiki Tephra Unit 3 (900 C.E.) was a subplinian basaltic scoria eruption, the largest known to have occurred at Kīlauea’s summit. The initiation mechanism and cause(s) of this highly hazardous eruption remain poorly understood, particularly as this style of activity has not been observed in the modern period. We use olivine diffusion timescales from Fe-Mg and lithium zoning to assess magma storage timescales and evaluate evidence for mixing prior to eruption. Of the 200 crystals assessed, 55% are normally zoned for forsterite and 45% are non-zoned. Zoned crystals (> 1 mm) (n = 96) have average compositions of Fo89 cores and Fo81 rims, while small crystals 0.5–1 mm (n = 14) have Fo85 cores and Fo82 rims. Modeled Fo diffusion timescales range from < 1 to 12.6 years (median of 3.0 years). Lithium maps in 32 of the forsterite-zoned crystals reveal a variety of lithium zoning types, most of which we attribute to crystal growth. Many lithium profiles are coupled to phosphorus within the outer ~ 100 μm of the crystal (n = 17), reflecting growth processes and precluding their use for diffusion studies. Overall, our Unit 3 olivine dataset displays no evidence of magmatic priming shortly prior to eruption, unlike prior observations for the basaltic subplinian eruption of the Keanakāko‘i Tephra Unit E (1650 C.E.). Thus, explosive eruption magmas may be stored for considerably longer than previously thought, and magmatic priming is not a necessary precursor for Kīlauea’s explosive eruptions. We hypothesize that gas-driven filter pressing from crystallization of microlites and macrocrysts in the reservoir slurry contributed to the explosivity of the Unit 3 eruption.
Keywords:
Kīlauea
Explosive eruptions
Diffusion chronometry
Magma mixing
Basaltic subplinian
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