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Tephra Evidence for the Most Recent Eruption of Laoheishan Volcano, Wudalianchi Volcanic Field, Northeast China Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 383 (2019) 103–111 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jvolgeores Tephra evidence for the most recent eruption of Laoheishan volcano, Wudalianchi volcanic field, northeast China Chunqing Sun a,⁎, Károly Németh b,TaoZhanc,HaitaoYoud, Guoqiang Chu a, Jiaqi Liu a a Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China b Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand c The Second Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology Prospecting Institute of Heilongjiang Province, Haerbin 150030, China d Key Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China article info abstract Article history: Wudalianchi volcanic field (WDLC) is one of the youngest intracontinental monogenetic volcanic fields in China. Received 21 June 2017 The 1719–1721 CE Laoheishan-Huoshaoshan eruption, and the 1776 CE Laoheishan eruption are the latest erup- Received in revised form 17 February 2018 tions in WDLC based on the local historical records. However, most of the recent explosive eruptive products Accepted 18 March 2018 around WDLC are attributed to the 1719–1721 CE Laoheishan-Huoshaoshan eruption while less attentions Available online 20 March 2018 were paid on the 1776 CE Laoheishan eruption. There are two types of scoria fall deposits around Laoheishan vol- cano, i.e. the upper light grey high vesicular scoria deposit (US) and below dark low vesicular scoria deposit (BS). Keywords: N b Wudalianchi Most of the glass shards from US exhibit 4% Na2O while BS show 4% Na2O. In addition, US presents two differ- Tephrochronology ent glass composition clusters, indicating a complex magma batch feeding the eruption. Broadly, all of these erup- Laoheishan tive products from WDLC have extreme high potassium (usually N5%) content with trachyandesitic to Nagelaqiushan tephriphonolitic in composition that can be clearly distinguished from those from other nearby volcanic regions, Tephra such as Nuomin (~150 km to Nangelaqiushan lake (NGLQ)), Arxan-Chaihe (~450 km to NGLQ), Longgang (~700 km to NGLQ) and Jingbohu (~550 km to NGLQ). A cryptotephra layer is clearly revealed as a distinct peak in magnetic susceptibility measurements from NGLQ ~ 8 km northwest to Laoheishan volcano. Glass com- position of the cryptotephra layer recorded in NGLQ is similar to the proximal US around Laoheishan volcano. On basis of historical records and field observations, we ascribed US to the 1776 CE Laoheishan eruption and BS to the 1719–1721 CE Laoheishan-Huoshaoshan eruption. Consequently, historical records assigned a precise age (1776 CE) for the tephra recorded in NGLQ, and thus can be used to refine the age model of these lacustrine sediments. © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction where the mechanisms of volcanism and magmatic sources of related volcanoes have been characterized (Fig. 1) (e.g. Hsu and Chen, 1998; Tephra layers erupted from explosive eruptions are ideal marker Kuritani et al., 2013; Zhang et al., 1995; Zhao et al., 2014; Zou et al., beds to correlate and constrain the ages of Quaternary volcanic events 2003). Tephrochronology is highly beneficial in the estimating of volca- among various depositional archives, and plays a more and more impor- nic risk and establishing eruptive sequences (Larsen and Eiríksson, tant role in the Quaternary and volcanological studies (Blockley et al., 2008; Molloy et al., 2009; Plunkett et al., 2015); in addition chronolog- 2012; Davies, 2015; Lane et al., 2013a; Lowe, 2011; Ponomareva et al., ical uncertainties of sedimentary archives can also be reduced on basis 2015). In addition, tephra layers invisible to naked eyes, known as of tephra layers with well-known ages derived from various sedimen- cryptotephra, have dramatically extended its applications area to tary archives (Barton et al., 2015; Lane et al., 2012). those sites hundreds to thousands of kilometers away from the volcanic In this study, proximal fall deposits around the Laoheishan volcano vents (Jensen et al., 2014; Lane et al., 2013b; Mackay et al., 2016; Sun et were sampled and analyzed (Fig. 1). On the basis of historical records al., 2014). Tephrochronology has been applied across worldwide based and field exposures, we attributed the widespread grey fall deposit on varied sedimentary archives, such as the lake, marine, peat, loess and with highly vesicular to the 1776 CE eruption of Laoheishan volcano, ice cores (Lowe, 2011). However, such studies in China are relative lim- while the dark fall deposits with low vesicular to the 1719–1721 CE ited, and even the Wudalianchi volcanic field (WDLC), northeast China eruption of Laoheishan-Huoshaoshan volcano. In addition, a cryptotephra layer was identified in the lake sediments of ⁎ Corresponding author. Nanagelaqiushan (NGLQ) according to abnormal magnetic susceptibil- E-mail address: [email protected] (C. Sun). ity measurements. The NGLQ cryptotephra layer exhibits similar glass https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.03.014 0377-0273/© 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 104 C. Sun et al. / Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 383 (2019) 103–111 Fig. 1. Geological map of the Wudalianchi volcanic field (WDLC) showing its position and other related volcanic fields (CBS: Changbaishan, LVF: Longgang, JBH: Jingbohu, ACVF: Arxan- Chaihe, NVF: Nuominhe, EKS: Erkeshan, KL: Keluo, ML: Menlu river) in northeast China (modified from Xiao and Wang (2009)). The major Quaternary eruption centers including Laoheishan and Huoshaoshan, the lake of Nangelaqiushan (NGLQ), and proximal sampling sites around Laoheishan were marked in the map. compositions to the 1776 CE and thus have been here correlated; conse- basaltic composition rich in potassium (Chu et al., 2013; Feng and quently, a precise age can be used to refine age model of the NGLQ. Whitford-Stark, 1986; Hsu and Chen, 1998; Kuritani et al., 2013; Zhang et al., 1995; Zou et al., 2003). Some vesicle-filling crustal xeno- 2. Geological background liths can be occasionally found in these volcanic rocks that cover the Lower Cretaceous and Pliocene sandstone and mudstone, and minor The Wudalianchi volcanic field (WDLC: 125°45′–126°30 Long. and Late Mesozoic biotite-granite (McGee et al., 2015). 48°30′–48°50′ Lat.) covers an area of ~800 km2, located at the northwest Volcanic eruptions in WDLC started in the Pleistocene, and the lava of Heilongjiang Province of China, is one of the major volcanic regions in flows from this stage are widely distributed in the area, such as the northeast China (Fig. 1). Wudalianchi in Chinese means “those five con- Molabushan, Yaoquanshan, and Wohushan (Fig. 1)(Li et al., 1999; Liu, nected pools” (lakes) formed by entering lava flows into Beihe river 1987; Wei et al., 2003; Zhao et al., 2014). Volcanic products erupted damming the river channel. There are about 14 Quaternary volcanic during the Early Holocene can be found at Xilongmenshan and centers with well-preserved cones in this field (Fig. 1), and various Donglongmenshan (Fig. 1)(Xiao and Wang, 2009), and tephra layers well-preserved volcanic landscapes and edifices can also be found, recorded in lacustrine sediments also illustrate early Holocene erup- such as the “fumarolic cones” around Huoshaoshan volcano (Feng and tions (Wang et al., 2015). According to the Qing Dynasty records, the Whitford-Stark, 1986; Gao et al., 2013). The distribution of these volca- youngest eruptive volcanic rocks were formed during the 1719– nic cones in this area usually along northeast direction (Fig. 1), which 1720 CE and 1776 CE at Huoshaoshan and Laoheishan volcanic erup- are controlled by regional faults and older structural elements of the tions (Fig. 1)(Chen et al., 2004; Wei et al., 2003). basement (Xiao and Wang, 2009; Zhao et al., 2014). Usually, the volcanoes in this field started with Hawaiian-style mild 3. Study sites, materials and methods explosive and effusive eruptions that culminated in terminal Strombolian-style explosive eruptions hence most of the volcanoes are 3.1. Proximal tephra samplings covered by texturally diverse multicolor scoriaceous deposits (Xiao and Wang, 2009). The volcanic rocks of the WDLC consist predomi- Laoheishan volcano with a funnel-shaped crater is the highest cone nantly of extensive lava flows, and pyroclastic fall deposits that cover (165.9 m·a.s.l) and deepest crater (145 m·a.s.l) among the 14 volcanic volcanic cones and surrounding areas (Xiao and Wang, 2009; Zhao et centers in the WDLC (Fig. 2A). The latest eruption of Laoheishan and al., 2014). All of these volcanic rocks exhibit homogenous alkaline Huoshaoshan volcanoes during the 1719–1720 CE can be divided into C. Sun et al. / Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 383 (2019) 103–111 105 Fig. 2. Field outcrops around Laoheishan volcano. A is the crater on the top of Laoheishan cone (sample named as LHS-3). B is the general view of the tephra sheet on the southeast side of Laoheishan cone. C and D are the near views of light grey highly vesicular scoria sheet (samples named as LHS-1 and LHS-2 respectively). E is the outcrop of the thick black and reddish low vesicular scoria deposits (BS) below the light grey highly vesicular scoria (US) (sample named as LHS-4). The yellow line marks the boundary between the BS and US, and the yellow arrow indicates ashing of the previous eruptive products by followed eruption. two stages. The first stage is an explosive eruption from Laoheishan vol- and black low vesicular scoria deposit, and the boundary shows clear cano that produced widespread scoria fall deposits. Later on effusive ashing phenomena just below the upper light grey highly vesicular sco- eruption produced pahoehoe and a'a lava flows outpoured from the ria deposit (US), which suggest that this scoria deposit is older than US Laoheishan and Huoshaoshan volcanoes, and the Wudalianchi was (Fig.
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