Das Westeifel-Vulkanfeld: Maare, Schlackenkegel und Hydrogeologie (Exkursion H am 26. und 27. April 1984)

Büchel, Georg; Lorenz, Volker; Weiler, Helmut

doi:10.1127/jmogv/66/1984/107

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“…Although the average luminescence age of the Facher Höhe eruption of 15.5 ± 1.1 ka is in accordance with the 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age of 32 ± 11 ka at 2σ uncertainty level (Mertz et al ., ), it proves a previously undetected young phase of active volcanism in the WEVF and makes the Facher Höhe the third youngest known eruption in the EVF. These new data for the Facher Höhe thus represent the first numerical age for a series of undated volcanic activities (comprising, for example, the Römerberg scoria cone and the Strohner Maar) thought to lie chronologically between the Wartgesberg and Laacher See Volcano eruptions (Büchel et al , ). Only for the Pulvermaar a minimum age of 21 ± 3 ka exists (Zöller and Blanchard, ).…”

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Luminescence dating of Late Pleistocene eruptions in the Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany

Schmidt

Schaarschmidt

Kolb

et al. 2017

J Quaternary Science

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Robust chronologies of Late Pleistocene and Holocene volcanic eruptions are vital for hazard analysis but accurate and precise dating of these events is often difficult. Here we apply various luminescence techniques to quartz and polymineral extracts from heated crustal xenoliths enclosed in scoria and volcanically heated bedrock in the Quaternary Eifel Volcanic Field (EVF), Germany. Consistent results from red thermoluminescence (RTL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) of quartz and from post-infrared infrared stimulated luminescence of polymineral material demonstrate complete luminescence signal resetting during lava emplacement and sufficient signal stability. RTL and OSL age underestimation of one sample with independently known age from the lava contact zone could be eliminated by annealing before laboratory regenerative irradiation. The average luminescence age of 33.6 ± 2.4 ka for the Wartgesberg eruption is in good agreement with independent age control, while the average age of 15.5 ± 1.1 ka for the Facher Höhe scoria cone is much younger than previously assumed. This result represents the third youngest known eruption in the EVF. Our new data are in line with the hypothesized climate-controlled triggering of Eifel volcanism and confirm that active volcanism related to asthenosphere upwelling migrates from NW to SE in the EVF

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Luminescence dating of Late Pleistocene eruptions in the Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany

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Kolb

et al. 2017

J Quaternary Science

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“…The West Eifel Volcanic Field (WEVF), located in the middle of central Europe (Figure 1A), has experienced continuous episodes of uplift since the early Eocene, always accompanied by volcanic activity [1][2][3][4][5]. This ongoing volcanic activity during the Late Pleistocene in the Cenozoic period is attributed to the heat anomaly of the Eifel plume, currently located at a depth of 70 km, causing a doming effect in the asthenosphere [6].…”

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“…These materials collectively form the tuff wall surrounding a maar. The formation mechanism of these maars, resulting from phreatomagmatic eruptions, has been extensively studied by Büchel et al [1], Lorenz [11], and Schmincke [12] . The accumulation of numerous phreatomagmatic explosions gives rise to solitary "round holes" in the landscape, reaching widths of up to 1.5 km and depths of 150 m, all rimmed by a tuff wall (Figures 2-5).…”

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Relation between Central European Climate Change and Eifel Volcanism during the Last 130,000 Years: The ELSA-23-Tephra-Stack

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Krebsbach,

Albert

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The analysis of tephra layers in maar lake sediments of the Eifel shows 14 well-visible tephra during the last glacial cycle from the Holocene to the Eemian (0–130,000 yr b2k). These tephra were analyzed for their petrographic composition, which allows us to connect several tephra to eruption sites. All tephra were dated by application of the ELSA-20 chronology, developed using the late Pleistocene infilled maar lake of Auel and the Holocene lake Holzmaar (0–60,000 yr b2k). We extend the ELSA-20 chronology with this paper for the millennia of 60,000–130,000 yr b2k (ELSA-23 chronology), which is based on the infilled maar lake records from Dehner, Hoher List, and Jungferweiher. The evaluation of the tephra from the entire last glacial cycle shows that all 14 tephra were close to interstadial warming of the North Atlantic sea surface temperatures. In particular, phreatomagmatic maar eruptions were systematically associated with Heinrich events or C-events. These events represent times of warming of the Southern Hemisphere, global sea level rise, and CO2 increase, which predate the abrupt interstadial warming events of the Northern Hemisphere. This synchroneity indicates a physical relationship between endogenic and exogenic processes. Changes in the lithospheric stress field in response to changes in continental ice loads have already been suggested as a potential candidate to explain the exogenic forcing of endogenic processes. The chronology of volcanic activity in the Eifel demonstrates that intraplate mantle plumes are also affected by the exogenic forcing of endogenic processes.

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Das Westeifel-Vulkanfeld: Maare, Schlackenkegel und Hydrogeologie (Exkursion H am 26. und 27. April 1984)

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Luminescence dating of Late Pleistocene eruptions in the Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany

Luminescence dating of Late Pleistocene eruptions in the Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany

Relation between Central European Climate Change and Eifel Volcanism during the Last 130,000 Years: The ELSA-23-Tephra-Stack

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