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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research Année : 2014

Occurrence of an unknown Atlantic eruption in the Chaîne des Puys volcanic field (Massif Central, France)

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A volcanic ash layer, called MF1, was recently identified in Holocene sediments from the Gourgon and Molhiac peat bogs (Monts du Forez, French Massif Central). This ash layer consists of colorless shards with a heterogeneous trachytic to rhyolitic composition. The trace elements analyzed by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) attest to a local origin. Radiocarbon dating of peat samples taken within and below the ash layer indicates the best age at 6339 ± 61 cal yr BP, i.e. an age contemporaneous with the volcanic activity of Montchal, Montcineyre and Pavin volcanoes from the Chaîne des Puys volcanic field. These volcanoes are characterized by basaltic and trachytic products, thus the rhyolitic composition of MF1 tephra suggests that it is likely originated from an unknown eruption. These results again confirm the interest of studying the distal volcanic ash fallouts in order to establish or specify records of past eruptions of volcanic fields. Identification of this new tephra layer also provides an additional tephrochronological marker for Eastern French Massif Central.

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Pétrographie
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hal-01068220 , version 1 (25-09-2014)

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Gwénolé Jouannic, A.V. Walter-Simonnet, G. Bossuet, Hervé Cubizolle, Pierre Boivin, et al.. Occurrence of an unknown Atlantic eruption in the Chaîne des Puys volcanic field (Massif Central, France). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2014, 283, pp.94-100. ⟨10.1016/j.volgeores.2014.06.007⟩. ⟨hal-01068220⟩
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