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dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Benjamin James
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-22T18:34:35Z
dc.date.available2015-09-22T18:34:35Z
dc.date.issued2004-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/6004
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2004en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Ksudach Volcano KS-1 rhyodacite deposits offer an opportunity to study eruption dynamics and plume stability during a caldera-forming eruption. Stratigraphic relations indicate four phases of eruption, Initial, Main, Lithic, and Gray. Well-sorted, reverse-graded pumice fall deposits overlying a silty ash compose the Initial phase layers. The Main, Lithic and Gray phases are represented by pumice fall layers interbedded with pyroclastic flow and surge deposits (proximally) and co-ignimbrite ashes (distally). Although most of the deposit is <30 wt.% lithics, the Lithic phase layers are>50wt.% lithics. White and gray pumices are compositionally indistinguishable, however vesicle textures and microlite populations indicate faster ascent by the white pumices prior to the Gray phase. The eruption volume is estimated as 7.5 km³ magma (dense rock equivalent) and 2.4 km³ lithics. Isopleth maps indicate mass discharge rates (MDR) ranged from 5-10x10⁷ kg/s in the Initial phase to> 10⁸ kg/s in the Main, Lithic, and Gray phases. Stratigraphic, granulometric, and component analyses indicate simultaneous eruption of buoyant plumes and non-buoyant flows during the Main, Lithic and Gray phases. Caldera collapse during the Lithic phase is reflected by a large increase in lithic particles and the textural change from white to gray pumices; collapse occurred after eruption of 2/3 of the magma.en_US
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dc.titleDynamics of the 240 A.D. caldera-forming eruption of Ksudach Volcano, Kamchatka, Russiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.degreemsen_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Geology and Geophysicsen_US
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