Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Reexamination of the magma plumbing system of the Suwolbong tuff ring, Jeju Island, Korea, based on a refined componentry analysis. |
| Authors: |
Go, Sun Young1 (AUTHOR), Ahn, Hyeon-Seon2,3 (AUTHOR), Ahn, Ung San4 (AUTHOR), Jeong, Jong Ok5 (AUTHOR), Sohn, Young Kwan6 (AUTHOR), Kwon, Chang Woo1 (AUTHOR) cwkwon@kigam.re.kr |
| Source: |
Geosciences Journal. Oct2024, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p701-720. 20p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*VOLCANIC fields, *PHENOCRYSTS, *PLAGIOCLASE, *VOLCANIC ash, tuff, etc., *MAGMAS |
| Geographic Terms: |
CHEJU Island (Korea) |
| Abstract: |
The Suwolbong tuff ring is a basaltic monogenetic volcano in the Quaternary intraplate volcanic field of Jeju Island, Korea. The tuff ring was formerly interpreted to have had a congested magma plumbing system consisting of multiply-sourced dike complexes, based on stepped and mixed chemical trends of alkaline to sub-alkaline glassy pyroclasts. Microscopic observations, petrological analysis, and componentry analysis of the glassy pyroclasts reveal, however, that some of the glassy pyroclasts in the tuff ring are accidental and inappropriate for interpreting magmatic processes. Juvenile particles are vesicular, alkaline in composition, mainly contain olivine, clinopyroxene, and plagioclase phenocrysts, and comprise about 35 vol% of the deposits. In contrast, accidental particles are non-vesicular, alkaline to subalkaline in composition, less abundant (avg. 8 vol%), and show alteration rims. The accidental particles are interpreted to have been derived from the volcaniclastic layers deposited before the eruption of the Suwolbong tuff ring. When removing the effects of the accidental particles and considering only the geochemical characteristics of the newly defined juvenile particles, the Suwolbong tuff ring is interpreted to have had a rather simple, not necessarily congested, plumbing system fed by independently ascending multiple magma batches. This study shows that the interpretation of the properties of the source magma and the magma plumbing system in monogenetic volcanoes must be performed after clearly distinguishing between juvenile and accidental particles based on rigorous microscopic analysis of pyroclastic materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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