Silicic magma reservoirs in the Earth's crust

O Bachmann, C Huber - American Mineralogist, 2016 - degruyter.com
Magma reservoirs play a key role in controlling numerous processes in planetary evolution,
including igneous differentiation and degassing, crustal construction, and volcanism. For …

Muography

HKM Tanaka, C Bozza, A Bross, E Cantoni… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Muography takes advantage of the specific properties of cosmic-ray muons, relativistic
leptons that are much heavier than electrons. Cosmic-ray muons have strong penetrating …

Density muon radiography of La Soufrière of Guadeloupe volcano: comparison with geological, electrical resistivity and gravity data

N Lesparre, D Gibert, J Marteau… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Density muon radiography is a new method to determine the average density of geological
bodies by measuring the attenuation produced by rocks on the flux of cosmic muons. We …

Muography and its potential applications to mining and rock engineering

ZX Zhang, T Enqvist, M Holma, P Kuusiniemi - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2020 - Springer
Muography is a novel imaging method using natural cosmic-ray radiation for characterising
and monitoring variation in average material density in a diverse range of objects that …

Joint measurement of the atmospheric muon flux through the Puy de Dôme volcano with plastic scintillators and Resistive Plate Chambers detectors

F Ambrosino, A Anastasio, A Bross… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The muographic imaging of volcanoes relies on the measured transmittance of the
atmospheric muon flux through the target. An important bias affecting the result comes from …

Nuclear waste imaging and spent fuel verification by muon tomography

G Jonkmans, VNP Anghel, C Jewett… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper explores the use of cosmic ray muons to image the contents of shielded
containers and detect high-Z special nuclear materials inside them. Cosmic ray muons are a …

[HTML][HTML] Muon tomography in geoscientific research–a guide to best practice

A Lechmann, D Mair, A Ariga, T Ariga, A Ereditato… - Earth-science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of muon tomography in geoscience projects has been continuously increasing over
the past few years. This led to a variety of applications that often use custom-tailored …

An experiment of muon radiography at Mt Etna (Italy)

D Carbone, D Gibert, J Marteau… - Geophysical Journal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Interactions of conduit geometry with gas–liquid flows control volcanic activity, implying that
the evaluation of volcanic hazards requires quantitative understanding of the inner structure …

The thermal properties of porous andesite

MJ Heap, ARL Kushnir, J Vasseur… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2020 - Elsevier
The thermal properties of volcanic rocks are crucial to accurately model heat transfer in
volcanoes and in geothermal systems located within volcanic deposits. Here we provide …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging Fukushima Daiichi reactors with muons

H Miyadera, KN Borozdin, SJ Greene, Z Lukić… - Aip Advances, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
A study of imaging the Fukushima Daiichi reactors with cosmic-ray muons to assess the
damage to the reactors is presented. Muon scattering imaging has high sensitivity for …