Controls on eruption style at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea – insights from microlites, porosity and permeability measurements

• Main Authors: Bernard, Olivier., Bouvet de Maisonneuve, Caroline
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Geology::Petrology; Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes; Volcanology; Eruption Styles
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155179
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Rabaul in Papua-New-Guinea is an extremely active andesitic caldera complex that displays a large spectrum of eruption styles. Since 1878, four sub-plinian (VEI-4) and ten VEI 1–3 (effusive, strombolian, vulcanian) eruptions occurred from Tavurvur and Vulcan, the two main active vents. We study pumi...