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Rumble IV

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  • New Zealand
  • Stratovolcano
  • Unknown - Unrest / Holocene
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  • Country
  • Primary Volcano Type
  • Last Known Eruption
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  • 36.13°S
  • 178.05°E

  • -500 m
    -1640 ft

  • 241120
  • Latitude
  • Longitude

  • Summit
    Elevation

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Most Recent Bulletin Report: June 1992 (BGVN 17:06) Citation IconCite this Report

Gas bubbles detected; summit 450 m below surface

Three previously unknown submarine arc stratovolcanoes have been identified at the S end of the Kermadec Ridge: Rumble V (36.140°S, 178.195°E, summit 700 m below sea level); Tangaroa (36.318°S, 178.031°E, summit 1,350 m below sea level); and Clark (36.423°S, 177.845°E, summit 1,150 m below sea level) (figure 1). All three have basal diameters of 16-18 km and rise from the seafloor at ~2,300 m depth. The first evidence of the volcanoes was from GLORIA side-scan mapping of the southern Havre Trough-Kermadec Ridge region in 1988 (Wright, 1990). Later investigations, including a photographic and rock-dredge study during the 3-week Rapuhia cruise (early 1992), confirmed previous interpretations. Side-scan and photographic data show a complex terrain of lava flows and talus fans on the flanks of all three volcanoes, with the most pristine-looking morphology at Rumble V. During the 1992 cruise, gas bubbles were detected acoustically, rising from the crests of Rumble III, IV, and V. No gas bubbling was evident from Tangaroa or Clark. Bathymetric surveys indicated that the summits of the shallowest volcanoes, Rumble III and IV, were at ~140 and 450 m, respectively, below the sea surface.

Figure (see Caption) Figure 1. Sketch map of New Zealand's North Island and the southern Kermadec Ridge area, with locations of young volcanoes. Courtesy of Ian Wright.

Reference. Wright, I.C., 1990, Bay of Plenty-Southern Havre Trough physiography, 1:400,000: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Chart, Miscellaneous Series no. 68.

Information Contacts: I. Wright, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Rumble IV.

Bulletin Reports - Index

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06/1992 (BGVN 17:06) Gas bubbles detected; summit 450 m below surface




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June 1992 (BGVN 17:06) Citation IconCite this Report

Gas bubbles detected; summit 450 m below surface

Three previously unknown submarine arc stratovolcanoes have been identified at the S end of the Kermadec Ridge: Rumble V (36.140°S, 178.195°E, summit 700 m below sea level); Tangaroa (36.318°S, 178.031°E, summit 1,350 m below sea level); and Clark (36.423°S, 177.845°E, summit 1,150 m below sea level) (figure 1). All three have basal diameters of 16-18 km and rise from the seafloor at ~2,300 m depth. The first evidence of the volcanoes was from GLORIA side-scan mapping of the southern Havre Trough-Kermadec Ridge region in 1988 (Wright, 1990). Later investigations, including a photographic and rock-dredge study during the 3-week Rapuhia cruise (early 1992), confirmed previous interpretations. Side-scan and photographic data show a complex terrain of lava flows and talus fans on the flanks of all three volcanoes, with the most pristine-looking morphology at Rumble V. During the 1992 cruise, gas bubbles were detected acoustically, rising from the crests of Rumble III, IV, and V. No gas bubbling was evident from Tangaroa or Clark. Bathymetric surveys indicated that the summits of the shallowest volcanoes, Rumble III and IV, were at ~140 and 450 m, respectively, below the sea surface.

Figure (see Caption) Figure 1. Sketch map of New Zealand's North Island and the southern Kermadec Ridge area, with locations of young volcanoes. Courtesy of Ian Wright.

Reference. Wright, I.C., 1990, Bay of Plenty-Southern Havre Trough physiography, 1:400,000: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Chart, Miscellaneous Series no. 68.

Information Contacts: I. Wright, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington.

The Global Volcanism Program has no synonyms or subfeatures listed for Rumble IV.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 0 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

[ 1966 Apr 16 ± 15 days - 1966 Dec 16 (in or after) ± 15 days ] Discredited Eruption

Beginning in April 1966 activity was thought to switch from Rumble III to Rumble IV, continuing until the time of a Kibblewhite (1967) note that was received for publication on January 3 1967. Later work indicated that the hydrophone array was damaged at this time, producing an apparent shift in activity from Rumble III to Rumble IV (Hall, 1985).

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Rumble IV.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Rumble IV.

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Rumble IV in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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