#EruptionStyle

2022-12-20

#Geology #Tuff #Volcano #Hydrovolcanism #Palagonite
#EruptionStyle #TuffCone #Rocks #Pyroclastic #Geoscience

Eastern Klamath County, #Oregon volcanic eruption that transitions from explosive hydrovolcanism to classic cinder cone eruptive styles as rising magma initially encounters groundwater and/or shallow surface water, then either seals itself from those waters as eruption proceeds, or the water was consumed by the eruption.

Outcropping of palagonite ejecta overlain by tuffCentral vent after groundwater “sealed” from erupting magmaPalagonitized ejecta from eruption in the presence of ground or shallow surface water

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