著者

長谷川 健 菊池 文太 柴田 翔平 井村 匠 伴 雅雄 常松 佳恵 山本 裕二 大場 司 鈴木 和馬 戸丸 淳晴 楠 稚枝 岡田 誠

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.68, no.3, pp.189-196, 2023-09-30 (Released:2023-11-02)

参考文献数

22

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Volcanic bomb is one of the most common eruption products around their source craters. Although paleomagnetic studies on volcanic bombs have a potential to provide high-resolution chronology of volcanic activity, particularly when compared with the known geomagnetic secular variation records, there are only a few such studies. In this contribution, we made an attempt to determine paleomagnetic directions from large (>1 m in diameter) volcanic bombs around “Tsubakuroswa craters”, located in Azuma volcano, for evaluating the potential use of volcanic bombs for paleomagnetic dating. Six oriented mini-cores were drilled from the central part of each large volcanic bomb, five in total, located on a gentle slope a few hundred meters south from the craters. All of the mini-cores were subjected to thermal demagnetization analysis, giving a well-determined characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) direction for each bomb as follows: site mean declination (Dm) of 350.6‒358.0º and inclination (Im) of 48.9‒50.8º with a 95 percent confidence limit (α95) smaller than 2.4º. The ChRM directions were consistent among the bombs, supporting the availability of volcanic bombs for further paleomagnetic dating research. Referring the geomagnetic secular variation record in this area, an all-site mean ChRM direction from the five bombs (Dec=355.5º, Inc=50.1º, α95=1.9º) most likely accounts for the derivation of the volcanic bombs by the Meiji Era (1893 CE) eruption. Historic pictures and descriptions are consistent with and support this interpretation. Previous reports suggested that the Meiji Era eruption did not eject magmatic materials and that the last magmatic eruption of this volcano was probably in 1331 CE. However, our results suggest that magmatic eruptions might have occurred here only ca. 130 years ago and may be largely affecting the current activity of this crater area. Our study suggests that volcanic bombs are potentially useful materials for paleomagnetic studies such as dating and establishing geomagnetic secular variation records.

著者

杉下 七海 常松 佳恵 伴 雅雄 佐々木 寿

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.67, no.1, pp.77-89, 2022-03-31 (Released:2022-04-26)

参考文献数

27

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Ballistic projectiles are large pyroclasts (>0.1 m in diameter) traveling through the air without being affected by the flow of gas. This phenomenon is harmful (and potentially fatal) when a volcanic eruption suddenly occurs as the ballistic velocity is quite high, sometimes reaching several hundred meters per second. Therefore, it is important to simulate the trajectory of ballistic projectiles in an affected region. We have estimated the ejection conditions of the 1895 Zao eruption by visually comparing simulated results using a numerical model called “Ballista” to actual block distributions obtained from field observations and aerial photographs. Interestingly, around Goshikidake (northeast of the Okama crater) the farther blocks were from the crater, the larger the block size was. The ejection direction was estimated to be 120° from the north (southeast direction), because the deposit blocks are spatially dense in this direction. The ejection angle was estimated to be 10°, and the ejection velocity was estimated to be 110-120 m/s. The estimated eruption velocity of the 1895 Zao eruption was similar to that of the 2014 Ontake eruption and within the range of small vulcanian eruptions. Although we often worry that a magmatic eruption will occur after a phreatic eruption, it is also possible that a vigorous block emission will occur with a considerably high ejection velocity during a phreatic eruption.

著者

吉本 充宏 馬場 章 山本 真也 内山 高 常松 佳恵 藤井 敏嗣 荒牧 重雄

出版者

特定非営利活動法人 日本火山学会

雑誌

日本火山学会講演予稿集 2016 (ISSN:24335320)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.4, 2016 (Released:2017-02-07)