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Post-supereruption recovery at Toba Caldera

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  • Adonara E. Mucek

    (College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Administration Building)

  • Martin Danišík

    (John de Laeter Centre, Building 301, Curtin University)

  • Shanaka L. de Silva

    (College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Administration Building)

  • Axel K. Schmitt

    (Institute of Earth Sciences, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236)

  • Indyo Pratomo

    (Geological Agency of Indonesia, JL. Diponegoro No. 57)

  • Matthew A. Coble

    (SHRIMP-RG Lab, Green Earth Sciences Building, 367 Panama Street Room 89, Stanford University)

Abstract

Large calderas, or supervolcanoes, are sites of the most catastrophic and hazardous events on Earth, yet the temporal details of post-supereruption activity, or resurgence, remain largely unknown, limiting our ability to understand how supervolcanoes work and address their hazards. Toba Caldera, Indonesia, caused the greatest volcanic catastrophe of the last 100 kyr, climactically erupting ∼74 ka. Since the supereruption, Toba has been in a state of resurgence but its magmatic and uplift history has remained unclear. Here we reveal that new 14C, zircon U–Th crystallization and (U–Th)/He ages show resurgence commenced at 69.7±4.5 ka and continued until at least ∼2.7 ka, progressing westward across the caldera, as reflected by post-caldera effusive lava eruptions and uplifted lake sediment. The major stratovolcano north of Toba, Sinabung, shows strong geochemical kinship with Toba, and zircons from recent eruption products suggest Toba’s climactic magma reservoir extends beneath Sinabung and is being tapped during eruptions.

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  • Adonara E. Mucek & Martin Danišík & Shanaka L. de Silva & Axel K. Schmitt & Indyo Pratomo & Matthew A. Coble, 2017. "Post-supereruption recovery at Toba Caldera," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-9, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms15248
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15248
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