The 2011-2012 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Southern Andes) tephra deposit: influence of the number of field measurements on isopach drawing and volume estimate; El depósito de caída de tefra de la erupción de 2011-2012 del Complejo Volcánico Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Andes del Sur): Influencia del número de mediciones de campo en la construcción de isopacas y la estimación del volumen
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RODRIGUEZ ARANEDA, INES MARIA
Romero, J. E.
Gallardo, Diego Ignacio
Gaitán, Juan José
Swanson, Frederick J.
Sánchez, Florencia D.
Saavedra, Marcela
Zambrano, Nikolas
Buckland, Hannah M.
Rodríguez, Inés
Romero, J. E.
Gallardo, Diego Ignacio
Gaitán, Juan José
Swanson, Frederick J.
Sánchez, Florencia D.
Saavedra, Marcela
Zambrano, Nikolas
Buckland, Hannah M.
Rodríguez, Inés
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10.3989/egeol.45173.1075
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Andes - Argentina - Chile - Puyehue-cordón Caulle - Southern Volcanic Zone - Tephra Fall Deposit - Data Set - Estimation Method - Isopach Map - Source Parameters - Tephra - Volcanic Eruption - Weibull Theory - Andes - Argentina
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Estimating tephra fall volumes is critical for assessing the impacts of explosive eruptions and calculating eruption source parameters (ESPs). Estimates are subject to uncertainties that span from measuring deposit thicknesses to the different volume integration models implemented. In this sense, the number of field control points (FCPs) may produce variable volume outputs. In this contribution, we use a high-resolution dataset consisting of 270 FCPs to assess the 2011- 2012 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle sub-Plinian tephra volume (previously estimated at 0.5 -1.5 km3). We used a suite of randomly selected sub-datasets of FCPs ranging from 10 to 250. Hand-drawn isopachs were then integrated by the exponential and Weibull methods, with the goal of determining a minimum sample size to obtain volume estimation with little or no variation compared to the full dataset. Obtained bulk volumes range from 0.91 to 22.7 km3. However, the estimates converge to 1.15 ± 0.05 km3 when all the dataset is used, which is similar to results using c. 400 FCPs in the literature. Therefore, datasets of 89 and 60 samples for exponential and Weibull models, respectively, yield tephra fall volume estimates similar to considering the whole dataset. Notably, a small number of FCPs (50-70) generally produces volume overestimation to ?30 % using the exponential method. Increasing FCPs yield more accurate isopach maps, while data distribution is important for volume uncertainty as medial observations account for larger volumes than the distal ones. These results provide new insights on the uncertainties associated with interpreting ESPs from tephra fall deposits. © 2024 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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Andes , Argentina , Chile , Puyehue-cordón Caulle , Southern Volcanic Zone , Tephra Fall Deposit , Data Set , Estimation Method , Isopach Map , Source Parameters , Tephra , Volcanic Eruption , Weibull Theory , Andes , Argentina
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10.3989/egeol.45173.1075