著者

田沢 堅太郎

出版者

特定非営利活動法人日本火山学会

雑誌

火山 (ISSN:04534360)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.36, no.4, pp.419-430, 1991-12-25

被引用文献数

1

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Studies on coastal deposits and geomorphology of Oshima island have revealed some uplifts and subsidences associated with the volcanic activity of Oshima volcano. Uplifts and subsidences of the island are inferred by subtracting the sea levels at the time from the heights of the past sea surface recorded on coastal deposits. Two series of large-scale eruptions starting at the ages of O_<41> (7,780±160 yB.P.) and S_2 (1,360±40 yB.P.) have similar characteristics as follows. (1) At the ages of O_<42> (8,200-7,800 yE.P.) and O_1(1,500-1,400 yE.P.) just before the two series of large-scale eruptions, lagoons were formed along the west coast of Oshima island, suggesting the subsidence of the island. (2) At the beginning in each series, a large-scale steam explosion occurred at the summit crater to generate a debris flow. (3) In each series, the volume of the eruptive materials rapidly increased at the beginnings and gradually decreased after those times. (4) Volcanic activities were explosive at the beginnings in the series and gradually changed to effusive. (5) Oshima island was remarkably and rapidly uplifted at the beginnings of the two series of the large-scale eruptions and was gradually subsided. (6) In the stage of uplifling of the island, the scale of eruptions had been enlarging, and in that of subsiding, the scale of eruptions had been getting smaller.