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Table 1 Lapilli and lava samples from the 2017–2018 magmatic eruptions used in this study

From: Eruption style transition during the 2017–2018 eruptive activity at the Shinmoedake volcano, Kirishima, Japan: surface phenomena and eruptive products

Sample name

Sampling date

Sample type

Location

Eruption date

Origin

Microscope observation

Groundmass and mineral composition analysis

Textural analysis

SNM18_15

7 Mar 2017

Pumice lapilli

P1

Loc. 1

From night on 6 Mar to morning on 7 Mar

Explosion during dome growth

*

*

*

SNM18030708-1

7 Mar 2017

Pumice lapilli

P1

Loc. 1

From night on 6 Mar to morning on 7 Mar

Explosion during dome growth

*

 

*

SNM18_16

10 Mar 2017

Pumice lapilli

P2

Loc. 2

From night on 8 Mar to 9 Mar

Explosion during dome growth

*

*

*

SNM190305-1–2

5 Mar 2019

Lava block

B

Loc. 3

Unknown (after dome formation)

Vulcanian after dome growth

*

 

*

SNM190305-2

5 Mar 2019

Lava block

B

Loc. 3

Unknown (after dome formation)

Vulcanian after dome growth

*

*

*

SNM190420A-1E

20 Apr 2019

Lava

L

Loc. 4

From 9 Mar to the end of eruption

Lava overflowed from summit

*

 

*

SNM19051302-2–22

13 May 2019

Lava

L

Loc. 4

From 9 Mar to the end of eruption

Lava overflowed from summit

*

 

*

SNM19_17

13 May 2019

Lava

L

Loc. 4

From 9 Mar to the end of eruption

Lava overflowed from summit

*

*

*