Tephra layers of large explosive eruptions of Baitoushan/Changbaishan Volcano in the Japan Sea sediments.

Derkachev, A. N., Utkin, I. V., Nikolaeva, N. A., Gorbarenko, S. A., Malakhova, G. I., Portnyagin, Maxim V. , Sakhno, V. G., Shi, Xuefa and Lv, Huahua (2019) Tephra layers of large explosive eruptions of Baitoushan/Changbaishan Volcano in the Japan Sea sediments. Quaternary International, 519 . pp. 200-214. DOI 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.01.043.

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Abstract

This paper is based on the results of a comprehensive investigations of sediments from seven cores sampled during the International Russian-Chinese Cruise 53 of the R/V “Akademik Lavrentyev” (2010) in the frames of the Russian-Chinese collaboration between the Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (POI FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia), and the First Institute of Oceanography (FIO, Qingdao, China). Baitoushan (Chanbaishan) Volcano had several powerful explosive eruptions during the Middle Pleistocene-Holocene, which produced widespread tephra layers. The paper reports chemical composition of volcanic glasses and minerals from six tephra layers labeled as B-Og, B-Sado, B-J, B-Un1, B-V, and B-Tm, which belong to Baitoushan Volcano and were identified in sediments of the northwestern part of the Sea of Japan. The tephras were dated using geochronological data for the host sediments. The estimated ages for the Middle Pleistocene tephra is 488 ka; the Late Pleistocene tephras are 71.1–71.9 cal. kа (B-Sado), 50.8 cal. ka (B-J), 38.3 cal. ka (B-Un1), and 29.0–29.4 cal. ka (B-V). The ash layers consist of alkali-rich glass of trachydacitic to alkaline rhyolitic composition and specific assemblage of minerals including Fe-rich augite-hedenbergite, aegirine-augite, aegirine, arfvedsonite, and fayalite. The mineral assemblage is typical for alkalic volcanic rocks from continental rift setting. Aenigmatite, a rare mineral from the group of inosilicates, was firstly identified in distal tephra of Baitoushan Volcano, supplied into marine sediments. The composition of glasses and minerals from all layers are similar. It testifies about steady-state conditions of the magma accumulation under Baitoushan Volcano and about the bimodal character of magmatic chambers during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene (since 100 ka).

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Baitoushan/Changbaishan Volcano; tephra; explosive eruption, RV Akademik Lavrentyev, Cruise Lv53
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB4 Dynamics of the Ocean Floor > FB4-MUHS
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Elsevier
Projects: KALMAR
Date Deposited: 12 Feb 2019 10:29
Last Modified: 31 Jan 2022 09:15
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/45784

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