An integrated PT-H2O-lattice strain model to quantify the role of clinopyroxene fractionation on REE+ Y and HFSE patterns of mafic alkaline magmas: Application to …

S Mollo, J Blundy, P Scarlato, SP De Cristofaro… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
A correct description and quantification of the geochemical behaviour of REE+ Y (rare earth
elements and Y) and HFSE (high field strength elements) is a key requirement for modeling …

Petrological monitoring of active volcanoes: A review of existing procedures to achieve best practices and operative protocols during eruptions

G Re, RA Corsaro, C D'Oriano, M Pompilio - Journal of Volcanology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A questionnaire to survey the common petrological monitoring procedures adopted by
volcano monitoring institutions has been developed, aimed at identifying prevailing …

Depth of magma storage under Iceland controlled by magma fluxes

RJM Baxter, J Maclennan, DA Neave… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The compositions of volcanic materials are sensitive to physical conditions in the underlying
magmatic system. When basaltic melts are saturated in olivine‐plagioclase‐augite prior to …

The role of undercooling during clinopyroxene growth in trachybasaltic magmas: Insights on magma decompression and cooling at Mt. Etna volcano

M Masotta, A Pontesilli, S Mollo, P Armienti… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Isothermal and undercooling experiments were conducted on one of the most primitive
trachybasalts from Mt. Etna volcano in order to examine the crystallization mechanisms …

Role of volatiles in highly explosive basaltic eruptions

G La Spina, F Arzilli, MR Burton, M Polacci… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Water and carbon dioxide are the most abundant volatile components in terrestrial magmas.
As they exsolve into magmatic vapour, they promote magma buoyancy, accelerating ascent …

Monitoring the December 2015 summit eruptions of Mt. Etna (Italy): Implications on eruptive dynamics

RA Corsaro, D Andronico, B Behncke, S Branca… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2017 - Elsevier
A lengthy period of eruptive activity from the summit craters of Mt. Etna started in January
2011. It culminated in early December 2015 with a spectacular sequence of intense eruptive …

Compositionally zoned crystals and real-time degassing data reveal changes in magma transfer dynamics during the 2006 summit eruptive episodes of Mt. Etna

M Kahl, S Chakraborty, F Costa, M Pompilio… - Bulletin of …, 2013 - Springer
One of the major objectives of volcanology remains relating variations in surface monitoring
signals to the magmatic processes at depth that cause these variations. We present a …

First integrated tephrochronological record for the last∼ 190 kyr from the Fucino Quaternary lacustrine succession, central Italy

B Giaccio, EM Niespolo, A Pereira, S Nomade… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present the first integrated tephrochronological study (major and trace elemental glass
composition, Sr and Nd isotope analyses, and 40 Ar/39 Ar dating) for the last one tenth (∼ …

Reconstruction of magmatic variables governing recent Etnean eruptions: Constraints from mineral chemistry and P–T–fO2–H2O modeling

S Mollo, PP Giacomoni, M Coltorti, C Ferlito, G Iezzi… - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Petrological investigations of active volcanoes are often supported by mass balance,
thermodynamic calculations and/or experiments performed at key conditions. Conversely …

Role of syn-eruptive plagioclase disequilibrium crystallization in basaltic magma ascent dynamics

G La Spina, M Burton, M de'Michieli Vitturi… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Timescales of magma ascent in conduit models are typically assumed to be much longer
than crystallization and gas exsolution for basaltic eruptions. However, it is now recognized …