Abstract

The paper presents study of the liquidus assemblage of olivine and spinel in high-magnesian basalts (MgO up to 10 mas. %) of the Menshiy Brat volcano (Iturup Island). It was possible to reconstruct the water content and evolution of volatile components in the primary parental magmas that took part in the formation of the Medvezhya Caldera, Iturup Islands. It is shown that the initial water content in the primary melts could reach 5 mas. % with oxygen fugacity corresponding to oxygen buffer NNO + 0.4 log. units. The evolution of magmas involved continuous degassing while magma rises to the surface. The water-rich fluid, which is constantly separated by evolving magma, could play a significant role in the formation of large siliceous magma chambers, which participated in catastrophic caldera eruptions.

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