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Table 3 Phenocryst types and contents of the 2018 product

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

Phenocryst type	2018 lava	2011 lava^b
Phenocryst type	vol.%^a	vol.%
Plagioclase	25.8	23.0
Orthopyroxene	3.9	3.4
Clinopyroxene	2.6	1.3
Fe-Ti oxides	0.1	1.0
Olivine	0.2	1.3
Phenocryst total	32.6	30.0
Groundmass	67.4	70.0

^aBased on point counts approximately 2000
^bData from Suzuki et al. (2013a)

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