Ash aggregate-rich pyroclastic density currents of the 431 CE Tierra Blanca Joven eruption, Ilopango caldera, El Salvador

JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH(2023)

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The VEI 6, Tierra Blanca Joven pyroclastic sequence (30-90 km(3) DRE volume), erupted from Ilopango caldera, El Salvador, in 431 CE, is the product of one of the largest eruptions of the last two millennia. The eruption devastated Central America's Mayan civilization. The eruption began with a short-lived phase of ash and pumice fall deposition and transitioned to a 'wet' explosive phase during which pyroclastic density currents flowed >40 km from the caldera. Detailed field and sedimentological analyses are provided for the deposits of ash-aggregaterich pyroclastic density currents generated during early phases of the eruption. The first phase of pyroclastic density current inundation incinerated forests and deposited up to 30 m of, non-welded, ash-rich ignimbrite in proximal regions, along with ash fall layers of co-ignimbrite origin. Following fallout of a thin layer of pumice and lithic lapilli, a second phase of pyroclastic density current inundation and co-ignimbrite ash fall commenced. A range of ash aggregate types is present in the pyroclastic density current deposits and interbedded coignimbrite ash fall layers. Whole and broken concentrically layered ash aggregates (accretionary lapilli) reach >50 vol% in some horizons within some beds in the pyroclastic density current deposits. The evidence indicates that the ash aggregates grew within overriding co-ignimbrite ash plumes and subsequently fell into groundhugging currents. Our findings suggest that the aggregate-rich nature of the pyroclastic density current deposits originated through incorporation of lake water into eruptive plumes, which in turn triggered rapid, pervasive aggregation within ash clouds and co-ignimbrite plumes.
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Explosive eruption,Volcanic ash aggregation,Ilopango volcano,Pyroclastic density currents,Accretionary lapilli
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