Massimo D'Antonio
Petrography and Mineral Chemistry of Monte Epomeo Green Tuff, Ischia Island, South Italy: Constraints for Identification of the Y-7 Tephrostratigraphic Marker in Distal Sequences of the Central Mediterranean
D'Antonio, Massimo; Arienzo, Ilenia; Brown, Richard J.; Petrosino, Paola; Pelullo, Carlo; Giaccio, Biagio
Authors
Ilenia Arienzo
Dr Richard Brown richard.brown3@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Paola Petrosino
Carlo Pelullo
Biagio Giaccio
Abstract
The 56 ka Monte Epomeo Green Tuff (MEGT) resulted from the largest volume explosive eruption from Ischia island (south Italy). Its tephra is one of the main stratigraphic markers of the central Mediterranean area. Despite its importance, a detailed characterisation of the petrography and mineral chemistry of MEGT is lacking. To fill this gap, we present detailed petrographic description and electron microprobe mineral chemistry data on samples collected on-land from the MEGT. Juvenile clasts include pumice, scoria, and obsidian fragments with porphyritic/glomeroporphyritic, vitrophyric, and fragmental textures. The porphyritic index is 13–40 vol.%, and phenocryst phases include alkali-feldspar, plagioclase, clinopyroxene, ferrian phlogopite, and titano-magnetite, in order of decreasing abundance; accessory phases include sphene, hydroxy-fluor-apatite, and rare edenite. Plagioclase varies from predominant andesine to subordinate oligoclase, whereas alkali-feldspar is more variable from sanidine to anorthoclase; quasi-pure sanidine commonly occurs as either rim or recrystallisation overgrowth of large phenocrysts due to hydrothermal alteration. Secondary minerals include veins and patches of carbonate minerals, Fe-Mn oxyhydroxides, clay minerals, and zeolites. Clinopyroxene is ferroan diopside (En45–29Fs7–27) and never reaches Na-rich compositions. This feature allows the discrimination of MEGT from aegirine-bearing, distal tephra layers erroneously attributed to MEGT, with implications for the areal distribution of Ischia explosive deposits.
Citation
D'Antonio, M., Arienzo, I., Brown, R. J., Petrosino, P., Pelullo, C., & Giaccio, B. (2021). Petrography and Mineral Chemistry of Monte Epomeo Green Tuff, Ischia Island, South Italy: Constraints for Identification of the Y-7 Tephrostratigraphic Marker in Distal Sequences of the Central Mediterranean. Minerals, 11(9), Article 955. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11090955
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 29, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 31, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-09 |
Deposit Date | Nov 1, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 24, 2022 |
Journal | Minerals |
Electronic ISSN | 2075-163X |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 9 |
Article Number | 955 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/min11090955 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1223967 |
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