Shallow magma diversions during explosive diatreme-forming eruptions

Nicolas Le Corvec (), James D. Muirhead and James D. L. White
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Nicolas Le Corvec: Université Clermont Auvergne—CNRS—IRD, OPGC
James D. Muirhead: Syracuse University
James D. L. White: University of Otago

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract The diversion of magma is an important mechanism that may lead to the relocation of a volcanic vent. Magma diversion is known to occur during explosive volcanic eruptions generating subterranean excavation and remobilization of country and volcanic rocks. However, feedbacks between explosive crater formation and intrusion processes have not been considered previously, despite their importance for understanding evolving hazards during volcanic eruptions. Here, we apply numerical modeling to test the impacts of excavation and subsequent infilling of diatreme structures on stress states and intrusion geometries during the formation of maar–diatreme complexes. Explosive excavation and infilling of diatremes affects local stress states which inhibits magma ascent and drives lateral diversion at various depths, which are expected to promote intra-diatreme explosions, host rock mixing, and vent migration. Our models demonstrate novel mechanisms explaining the generation of saucer-shaped sills, linked with magma diversion and enhanced intra-diatreme explosive fragmentation during maar-diatreme volcanism. Similar mechanisms will occur at other volcanic vents producing crater-forming eruptions.

Date: 2018
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