Revisions in the pyroclastic stratigraphy of Mt Misery volcano, St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles: 14 C ages and recognition of pyroclastic flow deposits
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Journal of the Geological Society
- Vol. 138 (6) , 713-718
- https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.138.6.0713
Abstract
New radiocarbon dates reveal that unlithified pyroclastic deposits erupted from Mt Misery, St. Kitts (principally the Mansion ‘Series’) range from older than 42 000 years to younger than 1750 years B.P. Previously published accounts of Mt. Misery have only described air-fall deposits. However, a newly recognized sequence of pyroclastic flow deposits within the Mansion ‘Series’ is dated as 2000 to 3000 years B.P. The presence of these young deposits indicates that Mt Misery,. like other Lesser Antillean volcanoes, also has a potential pyroclastic flow volcanic hazard.Keywords
This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
- Geochemistry of the volcanoes of basse terre, Guadeloupe — An example of intra-island variationBulletin of Volcanology, 1980
- Geology and geochemistry of the mansion pyroclast fall succession, St. KittsBulletin of Volcanology, 1980
- Geological aspects of volcano predictionJournal of the Geological Society, 1979
- Grain size variations in ignimbrites and implications for the transport of pyroclastic flowsSedimentology, 1976
- Mount Pelée, Martinique: A pattern of alternating eruptive stylesGeology, 1976
- PrefaceBulletin of Volcanology, 1975
- The volcanic geology and petrology of Montserrat, West IndiesJournal of the Geological Society, 1974
- Geochemical variations in a pyroclastic succession on St. Kitts, west IndiesBulletin of Volcanology, 1973
- Petrology of Mt. Misery Volcano, St. Kitts, West IndiesLithos, 1968
- IX. Report on the eruptions of the soufrière, St. Vincent, 1902, and on a visit to Montagne Pelèe, in Martinique. -Part I.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1903