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Geology and eruptive history of Unzen volcano, Shimabara Peninsula, Kyushu, SW Japan

Author:
Hoshizumi, H  Uto, K  Watanabe, K  


Journal:
JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH


Issue Date:
1999


Abstract(summary):

During the past 500 thousand years, Unzen volcano, an active composite volcano in the Southwest Japan Are, has erupted lavas and pyroclastic materials of andesite to dacite composition and has developed a volcanotectonic graben. The volcano can be divided into the Older and the Younger Unzen volcanoes. The exposed rocks of the Older Unzen volcano are composed of thick lava flows and pyroclastic deposits dated around 200-300 ka. Drill cores recovered from the basal part of the Older Unzen volcano are dated at 400-500 ka. The volcanic rocks of the Older Unzen exceed 120 km(3) in volume. The Younger Unzen volcano is composed of lava domes and pyroclastic deposits, mostly younger than 100 ka. This younger volcanic edifice comprises Nodake, Myokendake, Fugendake, and Mayuyama volcanoes. Nodake, Myokendake and Fugendake volcanoes are 100-70 lia, 30-20 lia, and < 20 ka, respectively. Mayuyama volcano formed huge lava domes on the eastern flank of the Unzen composite volcano about 4000 years ago. Total eruptive volume of the Younger Unzen volcano is about 8 km(3), and the eruptive production rate is one order of magnitude smaller than that of the Older Unzen volcano. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.


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81---94


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