Volcano Name: Trois Pitons, Morne Smithsonian Inst ID (SI_VNUM): 360100
Alternate Name:
Micotrin
Morne Macaque
Wotten Waven
Volcano Type: Complex volcano(es)
Latitude: 15.3666666700
Longitude: -61.3333333300
Region: West Indies Sub Region: West Indies
Date Entered: 02/05/2012

Eruption Details

Eruption Start Date: 9391 BP Date Error: 94
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): < 1.000 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): < 2.400 (Calculated)
Magnitude : < 5.400 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 12513 BP Date Error: 129
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): < 1.000 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): < 2.400 (Calculated)
Magnitude : < 5.400 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 12619 BP Date Error: 88
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): < 1.000 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): < 2.400 (Calculated)
Magnitude : < 5.400 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 18095 BP Date Error: 205
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): < 1.000 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): < 2.400 (Calculated)
Magnitude : < 5.400 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 24046 BP Date Error: 357
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): 3.250 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): 8.000 (Literature)
Magnitude : 5.900 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 25428 BP Date Error: 7128
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Stratigraphy
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): < 1.000 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): < 2.400 (Calculated)
Magnitude : < 5.400 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 32037 BP Date Error: 519
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): < 1.000 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): < 2.400 (Calculated)
Magnitude : < 5.400 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 33342 BP Date Error: 382
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): 24.200 (Calculated)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): 58.000 (Literature)
Ignimbrite DRE Volume (km3): 12.500 (Calculated)
Ignimbrite Deposit Volume : 30.000 (Literature)
Magnitude : 6.800 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 6.000 (Literature)
Minimum Column Height (km): 20.000 (Literature)
Minimum Intensity : 10.530 (Column Height)
Tephra fall DRE Volume (km3): 10.583 (Calculated)
Tephra fall Deposit Volume (km3): 25.400 (Literature)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 62600 BP Date Error: 400
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: U-Th series
Eruption Date Quality: Low quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): 3.250 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): 8.000 (Literature)
Magnitude : 5.900 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)
Magma: Dacite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Eruption Start Date: 90000 BP Date Error:
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Stratigraphy
Eruption Date Quality: Low quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): < 1.000 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): < 2.400 (Calculated)
Magnitude : < 5.400 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 5.000 (Calculated)

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