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Voluminous Lava Flows at Oldoinyo Lengai in 2006: Chronology of Events and Insights into the Shallow Magmatic System

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dc.creator Kervyn, Matthieu
dc.creator Ernst, Gerald G. J.
dc.creator Klaudius, Jurgis
dc.creator Keller, Jörg
dc.creator Kervyn, François
dc.creator Mattsson, Hannes B.
dc.date 2016-09-21T16:56:08Z
dc.date 2016-09-21T16:56:08Z
dc.date 2008-02
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:58:22Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:58:22Z
dc.identifier Kervyn, M., Ernst, G.G., Klaudius, J., Keller, J., Kervyn, F., Mattsson, H.B., Belton, F., Mbede, E. and Jacobs, P., 2008. Voluminous lava flows at Oldoinyo Lengai in 2006: chronology of events and insights into the shallow magmatic system. Bulletin of Volcanology, 70(9), pp.1069-1086.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4089
dc.identifier 10.1007/s00445-007-0190-x
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4089
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00445-007-0190-x
dc.description The largest natrocarbonatite lava flow eruption ever documented at Oldoinyo Lengai, NW Tanzania, occurred from March 25 to April 5, 2006, in two main phases. It was associated with hornito collapse, rapid extrusion of lava covering a third of the crater and emplacement of a 3-km long compound rubbly pahoehoe to blocky aa-like flow on the W flank. The eruption was followed by rapid enlargement of a pit crater. The erupted natrocarbonatite lava has high silica content (3% SiO2). The eruption chronology is reconstructed from eyewitness and news media reports and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data, which provide the most reliable evidence to constrain the eruption’s onset and variations in activity. The eruption products were mapped in the field and the total erupted lava volume estimated at 9.2 ± 3.0 × 105 m3. The event chronology and field evidence are consistent with vent construct instability causing magma mixing and rapid extrusion from shallow reservoirs. It provides new insights into and highlights the evolution of the shallow magmatic system at this unique natrocarbonatite volcano.
dc.language en
dc.subject Oldoinyo Lengai
dc.subject Hornito collapse
dc.subject Lava flow
dc.subject Collapse pit
dc.subject MODLEN
dc.title Voluminous Lava Flows at Oldoinyo Lengai in 2006: Chronology of Events and Insights into the Shallow Magmatic System
dc.type Journal Article


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