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Abstract Magma‐water interaction can dramatically influence the explosivity of volcanic eruptions. However, syn‐ and post‐eruptive diffusion of external (non‐magmatic) water into volcanic glass remains poorly constrained and may bias interpretation of water in juvenile products. Hydrogen isotopes in ash from the 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, record syn‐eruptive hydration by vaporized glacial meltwater. Both ash aggregation and hydration occurred in the wettest regions of the plume, which resulted in the removal and deposition of the most hydrated ash in proximal areas <50 km from the vent. Diffusion models show that the high temperatures of pyroclast‐water interactions (>400°C) are more important than the cooling rate in facilitating hydration. These observations suggest that syn‐eruptive glass hydration occurred where meltwater was entrained at high temperature, in the plume margins near the vent. Ash in the drier plume interior remained insulated from entrained meltwater until it cooled sufficiently to avoid significant hydration.
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Kı̄lauea Volcanic Ash Induced a Massive Phytoplankton Bloom in the Nutrient‐Poor North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Abstract Kı̄lauea volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the world with nearly continuous seismic activity from 1983 to 2018. In May 2018, the Kı̄lauea volcano erupted and released volcanic ash into the atmosphere. Carried by easterly winds, the volcanic ash plume dispersed westward and by June 2018, the plume was observed over the central part (150E to 160W) of the nutrient‐poor North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). Coincident with precipitation during the same period, anomalously high dust deposition comprised mostly of wet dust was observed over the same region. Consequently, patches of high chlorophyll (chl ) waters were observed approximately 5 north of the high dust deposition area from the middle of June to early August 2018 via satellite images. The phytoplankton bloom peaked in July encompassing 1.5 million , about 5 or 50 times the size of Malaysia or Taiwan, respectively. In addition to the large dust deposition, shoaling of the mixed layer in the range of 25–50 m is believed to have concentrated the bloom within the optical depth detected by satellite. Net primary production and export production estimated from satellite observations show that the July 2018 bloom generated an additional 1.91 Tg C of net carbon production, and 0.34 Tg C was exported from the euphotic zone.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2241005
- PAR ID:
- 10588886
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Volume:
- 130
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 2169-9275
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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