Koniuji 3100 yBP

Start: 3100 yBP ± 1900 Years [1]

Event Type: Effusive

Event Characteristics:
  • Lava flow [1]
  • Lava dome [1]

Description: From Jicha (2009): "Lavas and domes from a 3.1 ka and younger andesitic complex represent the latest major phase of activity on the island are the most evolved."
"An angular block from within the hornblende bearing andesitic dome complex yielded a 40Ar/39Ar age of 3.1+/-1.9 ka. A single experiment on sample KON-07-05, a hornblende andesite collected at 177 m above sea level from near the center of the island, failed to yield a significant amount of radiogenic 40Ar. This sample likely represents the youngest part of the hornblende andesite unit and erupted within thelast three millennia."

References Cited

[1] Holocene volcanic activity at Koniuji Island, Aleutians, 2009

Jicha, B.R., 2009, Holocene volcanic activity at Koniuji Island, Aleutians: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 185, n. 3, p. 214-222.

Complete Eruption References

Holocene volcanic activity at Koniuji Island, Aleutians, 2009

Jicha, B.R., 2009, Holocene volcanic activity at Koniuji Island, Aleutians: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 185, n. 3, p. 214-222.