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SPRING 2015
GEOLOGY 285:INTRO. PETROLOGY
Dr. Helen LangDept. of Geology & GeographyWest Virginia University
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The Cascade Volcanoes
are a good example of the Circum-Pacific “ring of fire” of subduction-
related andesitic volcanoes
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Calc-alkaline Magmas• Subalkaline• Flat trend on AFM diagram (no Fe-
enrichment)• Strongly plagioclase porphyritic• Andesite-dominated strato-volcanoes• Wider variety of rock types (basalt-andesite-
dacite-rhyolite suite) than in tholeiitic suites• Much more likely to have explosive eruptions
than Hawaiian volcanoes
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AFM Galapagos (tholeiitic)vs. Cascades (calc-alkaline)
Cascades and Galapagos Molar AFM
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Complex Tectonics of Western North America
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Cascades Tectonic Setting
Young Juan de Fuca Plate is being subducted beneath North America
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Called Strato-volcanoes or Composite Volcanoes
• Steep-sided (slopes up to 36o)• Typically explosive, violent eruptions• Composed of lava flows interlayered with
pyroclastic material (“composite”)• Pyroclastic material - any volcanic material
that is ejected from volcanic vents as loose or fragmental material
• Only 1/100th of the volume of a large shield!!
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Mount Rainier
Prehistoric Osceola mudflow (5,600 years b.p.) from Rainier reached Tacoma WA (45 miles away)
Little Tahoma Peak
1963 debris avalanche
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Mount Hood
USGS - 1985
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Eroded Cascade Volcanoes - Mt. Washington and Three-fingered Jack
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Eroded Volcanoes like Three-fingered Jack show the Composite, Stratiform nature of Cascade volcanoes
“Sherpa Jeffey” - 2003
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South Sister (of the Three Sisters) with Obsidian Flow
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Once upon a time there was a big volcano called Mount Mazama in southern Oregon . . .
~7700 years ago it had a HUGE ash eruption, its magma chamber emptied and its top fell in leaving the caldera called Crater Lake
Wizard Island Cinder Cone erupted ~700 yrs ago
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Climactic Ash Flows filled valleys surrounding the Volcano
Chamber emptied from the top down producing foam-like ash flows, “like a ricepot boiling over.” Notice lighter, more felsic material from the top of the chamber is on the bottom; darker, more mafic material from the bottom of the chamber is on top.
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Back to the Cascades Map
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Mount Shasta
Crater Glass Flow -rhyolite obsidian dome
Black Butte -basaltic cinder cone
Note great variety of volcanic rock types in a single Cascade volcano
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Mount St. Helens 1980 Eruption• Small earthquakes• Small steam and phreatic ash eruptions in
March and April 1980• USGS monitoring station set up north of the
mountain on Coldwater Ridge• May 1980 - North side of mountain began
to bulge, many micro-earthquakes, eruption was imminent; “red-zone” closed
• See USGS Professional Paper 1250 (1981) for much more information and pictures
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8:32 AM 5/18/80 Magnitude 5.1 earthquake triggered the Big Eruption
• The unstable bulge on the North side collapsed and exposed magma in a shallow chamber to air
• Gas bubbles formed instantaneously in the magma causing expansion, a shock wave and a big ash eruption
• Most of the force of the eruption was directed horizontally to the North
• Only 57 people died in the eruption
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“Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it . . .” David Johnston
Photo of Dave at Coldwater II, May 17
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Gary Rosenquist photos made reconstruction of the eruption sequence possible
Photos taken from a ridge about 10 miles NE of the summit
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Rosenquist 4 and 5
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Rosenquist 6 & 8
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Rosenquist 10
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Reconstructed Eruption Sequence
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After the first few minutes, the ash erupted upward and drifted ENE with the prevailing winds (Plinian eruption)
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Effects of May 18, 1980 eruption
National Geographic,January 1981, specialMt. St. Helens issue
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Ash flows
Aug. 7, 1980 ash flow(USGS)
Aug. 7, 1980 deposit on Aug. 8 (HL)
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Dome growth may eventually fill the crater
1986
The dome - 1983
2005October 2004-2008 eruptions, first inmore than a decade, expanded the dome
2004
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Dome growth may eventually fill the crater
The dome - 1983
The most recent activity was 2004-2008
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Before and After May 18, 1980
National Geographic, 1981
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We think Mount St. Helens 1980 was a big deal
By comparison to other eruptions of subduction-related volcanoes, it was tiny!
1816 “the year without a summer” Pinatubo 1991
~5 cubic km
National Geographic>1000 km3 = Supervolcano (Elements, 2008)
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Volcanic Hazards
• Directed blast• Hot ash flows, lava flows• Airfall ash (threatens airplanes)• Mudflows = lahars
– Mixture of melted ice, debris, water, and ash– Threaten people, cities and towns far away– Lahars from Mt. Rainier could threaten Seattle
and/or Tacoma
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USGS-USAID - Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP)
• http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Vdap/description_vdap.html• Established after volcanic disaster in Columbia
(Armero) in 1985 (23,000 killed in mudflow)• VDAP is a mobile, well equipped team of
experienced volcanologists who can respond whenever a volcano crisis threatens anywhere in the world
• VDAP monitoring and successful prediction of 1991 eruption at Pinatubo saved thousands of lives
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