Very long Pahoehoe inflated basaltic lava flows in the Payenia volcanic province (Mendoza and La Pampa, Argentina)

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-149

  Pasquarè, Giorgio ^a   Bistacchi, Andrea ^b   Francalanci, Lorella ^c   Bertotto, Gustavo Walter ^d   Boari, Elena ^c   Massironi, Matteo ^e   Rossotti, Andrea ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Universidade Nacional de La Pampa   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflated flows; Pahoehoe laval flows; Payenia

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LAVA FLOW; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PAHOEHOE; PHENOCRYST; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; QUATERNARY; SHIELD VOLCANO; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA; MENDOZA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 51549100618     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Anderson, T. 1910. The volcano Matavanu in Savaii. Geological Society of London Quarterly Journal 66: 621-639.
2. Avanzinelli, R., Boari E., Conticelli, S., Francalanci, L., Gualtieri, L.,Perini, G., Petrone, C.M., Tommasini, S., and Ulivi, M. 2005. High precision Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic analyses using new generation Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer ThermoFinnigan Triton-Ti®. Periodico di Mineralogia 74(3): 147-166.
3. Bottinga, Y.A. and Weil, D.F. 1972. The viscosity of magmatic silicate liquids: a model for calculation. American Journal of Science 272: 438-473.
4. Cashman, K., Pinkerton, H. and Stephenson, J. 1998. Introduction to special section: Long lava flows. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(B): 27281-27289.
5. Cañón-Tapia, E. and Coe, R. 2002. Rock magnetic evidence of inflation of a flood basalt lava flow. Bulletin of Volcanology 64: 289-302.
6. Duraiswami, R.A., Bondre, N.R., Dole, G., Phadnis, V.M., and Kale, V.S. 2001. Tumuli and associated features from the western Deccan Volcanic Province, India. Bulletin of Volcanology 63: 435-442.
7. Devey, C.W. and Cox, K.G. 1987. Relationships between crustal assimilation and crystallization in continental flood basalt magmas with special reference to the Deccan Traps of the Western Ghasts, India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 84: 59-68.
8. Francalanci L., Avanzinelli R., Tommasini S., and Heuman A. A west-east geochemical and isotopic traverse along the volcanism of the Aeolian Island arc, southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy: inferences on mantle source processes. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America ,2007, 418, pp 235-263,DOI: 10.1130/2007.2418(12)
9. Giacomini L., Pasquarè G., Massironi M., Frigeri A., Bistacchi A., and Federico C. 2007. The Payun-Matru lava field: a source of analogues for Martian long lava flows. European Planetary Science Congress 2, EPSC2007-A-00340, 3 p.
10. Germa, A., Quidelleur, X., Gillot, P.Y. and Tchilinguirian, P. 2007. Volcanic evolution of the back-arc complex of Payun Matru (Argentina) and its geodynamic implications for caldera-forming eruption in a complex slab geomerry setting. IUGG 2007, Perugia, Abstract 10028.
11. Glaze L.S., Anderson S.W., Stofan E.R., Baloga S. and Smrekar, S.E. 2005. Statistical distribution of tumuli on pahoehoe flow surfaces: Analysis of examples in Hawaii and Iceland and potential applications to lava flows on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research 110: B08202.
12. González Díaz, E.F. 1972a. Descripción Geológica de la Hoja 30e (Agua Escondida), Provincias de Mendoza y La Pampa. Servicio Nacional Minero y Geológico. Boletín 135, 79 p., Buenos Aires.
13. González Díaz, E.F. 1972b. Descripción Geológica de la Hoja 30d (Payún-Matru), Provincia de Mendoza. Dirección Nacional de Geología y Minería. Boletín 130, 90 p., Buenos Aires.
14. González Díaz, E.F. 1979. Descripción Geológica de la Hoja 31d, La Matancilla, provincia de Mendoza. Dirección. Nacional de Geología y Minería. Boletín 173, 96 p., Buenos Aires.
15. Greeley, R. 1987. The role of lava tubes in Hawaiian volcanoes. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1350: 1589-1602.
16. Groeber, P. 1929. Líneas fundamentales de la Geología del Neuquén, sur de Mendoza y regiones adyacentes. Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología, Publicación 58, Buenos Aires.
17. Groeber, P. 1933. Descripción de la Hoja 31c, Confluencia de los ríos Grande y Barrancas. Dirección de Minas y Geología, Publicación 38, 72 p., Buenos Aires.
18. Groeber, P., 1937. Descripción de la Hoja 30c Puntilla del Huincan. Dirección Nacional de Minería y Geología (inédito) Buenos Aires.
19. Groeber, P. 1946. Observaciones geológicas a lo largo del meridiano 70°. 1 Hoja Chos Malal. Sociedad Geológica Argentina, Serie C Reimpresiones (1980) 1: 1-174, Buenos Aires.
20. Hjartarson A. 1994. Environmental changes in Iceland following the great Thjorsa lava eruption 7800 years BP. In Stotter J., Wilhelm F. (eds.) Environmental change in Iceland, Munchener Geographische Abhandlungen 147-155.
21. Hon, K., Kauahikaua, J., Denlinger, R., and Mackay, K. 1994. Emplacement and inflation of pahoehoe sheet flows: Observations and measurements of active lava flows on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Geological Society of America Bulletin 106: 351-370.
22. Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. 1985. Cooling and contamination of mafic and ultramafic magmas during ascent through continental crust. Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters 74: 371-386.
23. Keszthelyi, L. and Self S. 1998. Some physical requirements for the emplacement of long basaltic lava flows. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(B11): 27447-27464.
24. Keszthelyi, L., McEwen, A.S. and Thordarson, Th. 2000. Terrestrial analogs and thermal models for Martian flood lavas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (E6): 15027-15050.
25. Inbar, M. and Risso, C. 2001. A morphological and morphometric analysis of a high density cinder cone volcanic field-Payun Matru, south-central Andes, Argentina. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie N.F. 45(3): 321-343.
26. Irvine, T.N. and Baragar, W.R.A. 1971. A guide to the chemical classification of the common volcanic rocks. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8: 523-548.
27. Le Bas, M.J., Le Maitre, R.W., and Woolley, A.R. 1992. The construction of the total alkali-silica chemical classification of volcanic rocks. Mineralogy and Petrology 46: 1-22.
28. Llambías, E.J. 1966. Geología y petrografia del volcán Payún Matrú. Acta Geológica Lilloana 8: 265-310.
29. Nielsen, R.L. and Drake, M.J. 1979. Pyroxenemelt equilibria. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 43: 1259-1272.
30. Marchetti, D.W., Cerling, T.E., Evenson, E.B., Gosse, J.C. and Martinez, O. 2006. Cosmogenic exposure ages of lava flows that temporarily dammed the Rio Grande and Rio Salado, Mendoza Province, Argentina. Geological Society of America Meeting Backbone of the Americas, Patagonia to Alaska. Paper 5-39: 66 Mendoza.
31. Melchor, R. and Casadío, S. 1999. Hoja Geológica 3766-III La Reforma, provincia de La Pampa. Secretaría de Minería de la Nación, SEGEMAR, Boletín 295, 63 p., Buenos Aires.
32. Núñez, E. 1976. Descripción geológica de la Hoja 31c, Chical-Cò, Provincias de Mendoza y La Pampa. Secretaría de Estado de Minería, Servicio Geológico Nacional, (unpublished report), 91 p,. Buenos Aires.
33. Pasquarè, G., Bistacchi, A. and Mottana, A. 2005. Gigantic individual lava flows in the Andean-foothills near Malargue (Mendoza, Argentina). Atti Accademia Nazionale Lincei 9(16): 127-135.
34. Pinkerton, H. and Stevenson, R. 1992. Methods of determining the rheological properties of lavas from their physico-chemical properties. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 53: 47-66.
35. Pinkerton, H. and Wilson, L. 1994. Factors controlling the lengths of channel-fed lava flows. Bulletin of Volcanology 56(2): 108-120.
36. Polanski, J. 1954. Rasgos geomorfológicos de la provincia. de Mendoza. Ministerio de Economía, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y tecnológicas, Cuadernos de investigaciones y estudios 4: 4-10.
37. Ramos, V.A. 1999. Plate tectonic setting of the Andean Cordillera. Episodes 22(3): 183-190.
38. Ramos, V.A. and Kay, S.M. 2006. Overview of the tectonic evolution of the southern Central Andes of Mendoza and Neuquen (35°-39°S latitude). In Evolution of an Andean Margin: A Tectonic and Magmatic View from the Andes to the Neuquen Basin (35°-39°S lat), Geological Society of America Special Paper 407: 1-17.
39. Roeder, P.M. 1974. Activity of iron and olivine solubility in basaltic liquids. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 23: 397-410.
40. Roeder, P.M. and Emslie, R.F. 1970. Olivine-liquid equilibrium. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 29: 275-289.
41. Sakimoto, S.E.H., Crisp, J. and Baloga, S.M. 1997. Eruption constraints on tube-fed planetary lava flows. Journal of Geophysical Research 102: 6597-6613.
42. Sakimoto, S.E.H. and Zuber, M.T. 1998. Flow and convective cooling in lava tubes. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(B11): 27465-27487.
43. Schaber, G.G. 1973. Lava flows in Mare Imbrium: Geologic evaluation from Apollo orbital photography. 4th Lunar Sciences Conference, Proceedings 73-92.
44. Self, S., Keszthelyi, L. and Thordarson, Th. 1998. The Importance of Pahoehoe. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science 26: 81-110.
45. Self, S., Thordarson, Th., Keszthelyi, L., Walker, GPL., Hon, K., Murphy, M.T., Long, P.E. and Finnemore, S. 1996. A new model for the emplacement of the Columbia River Basalts as large inflated pahoehoe sheet lava flow fields. Geophysical Research Letters 23: 2689-2692.
46. Shaw, H.R. 1969. Rheology of basalt in the melting range, Journal of Petrology 10: 510-535.
47. Shaw, H.R. 1972. Viscosities of magmatic silicate liquids: an empirical method of prediction. American Journal of Science 272: 870-893.
48. Stephenson, P.J., Burchjohnston, A.T., Stanton, D. and Withehead, P.W. 1998. Three long lava flows in north Queensland. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(B11): 27359-27370.
49. Stephenson P.J., Zhang M., and Spry M. 2000. Fractionation modelling of segregations in the Toomba basalt, north Queensland. Australian Journal Earth Sciences 47: 291-296.
50. Sun, S.S. and McDonough, W.F. 1989. Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications of mantle composition and processes. In Saunders, A.D., and Norry, M.J. (eds) Magmatism in the Ocean Basins, Geological Society of London, Special Publication 42: 313-346.
51. Sutherland F.L. 1998. Origin of north Queensland Cenozoic volcanism: relationships of long lava flow basaltic fields, Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth 103: 27359-27370.
52. Thordarson, T. and Self, S. 1998. The Roza Member, Columbia River Basalt Group: A gigantic pahoehoe lava flow field formed by endogenous processes? Journal of Geophysical Research 103(B11): 27411-27445.
53. Walker, G.P.L. 1989. Spongy pahoehoe in Hawaii: a study of vesicle-distribution patterns in basalt and their significance. Bulletin of Volcanology 51: 199-209.
54. Walker, G.P.L. 1991. Structure and origin by injection of lava under surface crust, of tumuli, "lava rises", "lava rise pits", and "lava inflation clefts" in Hawaii. Bulletin of Volcanology 53: 546-558.
55. Zimbelman, J. 1998. Emplacement of long lava flows on planetary surfaces. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(B11): 27503-27516.
56. Zimbelman, J.R., Peitersen, M.N., Christensen, P.R. and Rice, J.W. 2003. Application of THEMIS data to an investigation of a long lava flow in the Tharsis Montes region of Mars. 34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, LPI Contribution 1156.