Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 140.Subaqueous explosive eruptions are common, and in earth's early history were ubiquitous. Although they are unlike eruptions we find on land, they operate with the same fundamental processes. Deep-sea eruptions modify important seafloor hydrothermal systems and their coupled habitats for extremophile organisms, and large eruptions on the continental shelf presumably have as yet unknown effects on a wide range of marine organisms. Shallow eruptions that can affect shipping lanes and threaten coastal environments, either directly or by generation of tsunami, also appear to produce deposits and conditions closely linked with formation of significant chunks of the world's mineral resources.
James D. L. White is the editor of Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism, published by Wiley. John L. Smellie is the editor of Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism, published by Wiley.
PrefaceJames White ixIntroductionJames D. L White, John L Smellie, and David A. Clague 1Section I: Subaqueous Eruption DynamicsWater/Magma Interaction: Physical Considerations for the Deep Submarine EnvironmentKenneth H. Wohletz 25Phreatomagmatic Explosions in Subaqueous VolcanismBernd Zimanowski and Ralf Buttner 51Melting of Ice by Magma-Ice-Water Interactions During Subglacial Eruptionsas an Indicator of Heat Transfer in Subaqueous EruptionsMagnus T. Gudmundsson 61Pyroclastic and Hydroclastic Deposits on Loihi Seamount, HawaiiDavid A. Clague, R. Batiza, James W. Head III, and Alice S. Davis 73Large-Scale Interaction of Lake Water and Rhyolitic Magma During the 1.8 kaTaupo Eruption, New ZealandB. F. Houghton, B. J. Hobden, K V. Cashman, C J. N. Wilson, and R. T. Smith 97Section II: Explosive Eruptions in the Modern Deep SeaSubmarine Strombolian Eruptions on the Gorda Mid-Ocean RidgeDavid A. Clague, Alice S. Davis, and Jacqueline E. Dixon 111Hyaloclastite from Miocene Seamounts Offshore Central California:Compositions, Eruption Styles, and Depositional ProcessesAlice S. Davis and David A. Clague 129Recent MORB Volcaniclastic Explosive Deposits Formed Between 500 and 1750 m.b.s.l.on the Axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, South of the AzoresJean-Philippe Eissen, Yves Fouquet, Delphine Hardy, Helene Ondreas 143Section III: Explosive Shallow-Marine (Surteyan) Eruptions and Their KinA Cluster Of Surtseyan Volcanoes at Lookout Bluff, North Otago, New Zealand:Aspects of Edifice Spacing and TimeDoris Maicher 167Eruptive and Depositional Mechanisms of an Eocene Shallow Submarine Volcano,Moeraki Peninsula, New ZealandBenjamin Andrews 179A Subaqueous Eruption Model For Shallow-Water, Small Volume Eruptions:Evidence From Two Precambrian ExamplesWulf U. Mueller 189Basaltic Lava Balloons Produced During the 1998-2001 Serreta Submarine Ridge Eruption (Azores)Joao L. Gaspar, Gabriela Queiroz, Jose M. Pacheco, Teresa Ferreira, Nicolau Wallenstein, Maria H. Almeida, and Rui Coutinho 205Section III: Pumiceous Subsea Silicic Eruptions From the Modern SeafloorSubaqueous Pumice Eruptions and Their Products: A ReviewK. Kano 213Submarine Silicic Calderas on the Northern Shichito-lwojima Ridge,Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) Arc, Western PacificMakoto Yuasa and Kazuhiko Kano 231Section IV: Subaqueous Pumiceous Deposits and Their InterpretationSubmarine, Silicic, Syn-Eruptive Pyroclastic Units in the Mount Read Volcanics, Western Tasmania:Influence of Vent Setting and Proximity on Lithofacies CharacteristicsJocelyn McPhie and Rodney L. Allen 245Vesiculation and Eruption Processes of Submarine Effusive and Explosive Rocksfrom the Middle Miocene Ogi Basalt, Sado Island, JapanNorie Fujibayashi and Umio Sakai 259The Submarine Record of a Large-Scale Explosive Eruption in the Vanuatu Arc:~1 Ma Efate Pumice FormationAlison M. Raos and Jocelyn McPhie 273Products of Explosive Subaqueous Felsic Eruptions Based on Examples From the Hellenic Island Arc, GreeceS. R. Allen and A.L. Stewart 285Miocene Submarine Fire Fountain Deposits, Ryugazaki Headland, Oshoro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan:Implications for Submarine Fountain Dynamics and Fragmentation ProcessesR. A. F. Cas, H. Yamagishi, L. Moore and C. Scutter 299An Archean Submarine Pyroclastic Flow Due to Submarine Dome Collapse:The Hurd Deposit, Harker Township, Ontario, CanadaC. R. Scott, D. Richard, and A. D. Fowler 317 Section V: Economic Significance of Explosive Submarine EruptionsDeep Marine Pumice from the Woodlark and Manus Basins, Papua New GuineaRaymond A. Binns 329Morphology, Distribution, and Estimated Eruption Volumes for Intracaldera Tuffs Associated With Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits in the Archean Sturgeon Lake Caldera Complex, Northwestern OntarioGeorge J. Hudak, Ronald L Morton, James M. Franklin, and Dean. M. Peterson 345Analysis of VHMS-Hosting Ignimbrites Erupted at Bathyal Water Depths(Ordovican Bald Mountain Sequence, Northern Maine)Lowell G. Kessel and Cathy J. Busby 361