著者

山元 孝広

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.51, no.4, pp.257-271, 2006-08-31

被引用文献数

3

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The Sashikiji 2 (S_2) Member in the products of Izu-Oshima volcano was formed by an explosive eruption accompanied with caldera depression. This member is characterized by breccia called as a "low-temperature pyroclastic flow deposit". In this paper, the S_2 breccia is re-examined based on stratigraphy, grain fabrics, grain-size distributions and modal compositions. The S_2 Member is divided into six units from S_2-a to S_2-f in ascending order. The S_2-a unit consists of scoria, bomb and aa lava flows from flank fissures. The S_2-b unit is made up of well-bedded ash and fine-lapilli from the summit. The S_2-c unit is composed of matrix-supported breccia, locally filling valley bottoms and containing abundant deformed soil fragments and woods. The S_2-d unit consists of reverse to normal grading, clast-supported breccia with ash matrix, covering topographic relief in the whole island. The S_2-e unit is composed of dune- to parallel-bedded lapilli and ash in the proximal facies. The S_2-f unit is clast-supported breccia with and without ash matrix. New ^<14>C ages of wood fragments in the S_2 Member have been determined as about Cal AD 340. Although the S_2-c and -d units are previously interpreted to the low-temperature pyroclastic flow deposit, these units are quite different in sedimentological features as follows. The grain fabric measurements have revealed that the S_2-d unit has a-type imbrication showing the longest axis of grains parallel to the flow direction. On the other hand, the S_2-c has random fabric of grains. The grain size distribution of the S_2-d unit shows a bimodal nature having subpopulations at phi -1.0 to 1.0 and coarser than phi -2.5. The bimodal nature and a-type imbrication suggest that the two transport processes overlap; the load of a turbulent suspension is not all in true suspension as the coarser population may travel in a cast-dispersion mass flow. The S_2-c unit shows a polymodal grain size distribution with multi subpopulations from coarse to fine. The poor sorting, massive appearance, valley-confined distribution, and random grain fabric of the S_2-c unit are characteristic of deposition from a cohesive flow without formation of traction-related bedforms or sorting of different grain sizes by turbulence. The modal composition measurements have indicated that the S_2-c and -d units lack essential scoriceous or glassy fragments. This evidence indicates that both units are derived from steam explosions due to outburst of highly-pressurized geothermal fluid within the edifice. The S_2-c unit was plausibly generated by remobilization of phreatic debris around the summit caused by ejection of condensed water from a plume or heavy rainfall. The S_2-d unit was a pyroclastic density current deposit resulted from collapse of a highly-discharged phreatic plume. Estimated velocities of the current are 150 to 30m/s based on suspended grain sizes.