Magma fragmentation

B Scheu, DB Dingwell - Reviews in mineralogy and …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The scientific investigation of magma fragmentation and the development of experiments to
constrain and quantify its mechanisms, dynamics, efficiency and products was ushered in …

Strain localization in magmas

Y Lavallée, JE Kendrick - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
One of the most intriguing and (from the point of view of modeling) poorly understood
aspects of geomaterial mechanics is strain localization. Strain localization is a common …

Petrology of the 2020–21 effusive to explosive eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St Vincent: insights into plumbing system architecture and magma assembly …

G Weber, J Blundy, J Barclay, DM Pyle… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The 2020–21 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent began with extrusion of a viscous
lava dome, which was destroyed upon transition to a major explosive phase. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] A reappraisal of explosive–effusive silicic eruption dynamics: syn-eruptive assembly of lava from the products of cryptic fragmentation

FB Wadsworth, EW Llewellin, JM Castro… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicic volcanic eruptions range in style from gently effusive to highly explosive, and may
switch style unpredictably during a single eruption. Direct observations of subaerial rhyolitic …

Silicic conduits as supersized tuffisites: Clastogenic influences on shifting eruption styles at Cordón Caulle volcano (Chile)

CI Schipper, JM Castro, BM Kennedy, H Tuffen… - Bulletin of …, 2021 - Springer
Understanding the processes that drive explosive-effusive transitions during large silicic
eruptions is crucial to hazard mitigation. Conduit models usually treat magma ascent and …

[HTML][HTML] A model for permeability evolution during volcanic welding

FB Wadsworth, J Vasseur, EW Llewellin… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Volcanic ash and pyroclasts can weld when deposited hot by pyroclastic density currents, in
near-vent fall deposits, or in fractures in volcano interiors. Welding progressively decreases …

[HTML][HTML] Outgassing through magmatic fractures enables effusive eruption of silicic magma

J Crozier, S Tramontano, P Forte, SJC Oliva… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several mechanisms have been proposed to allow highly viscous silicic magma to outgas
efficiently enough to erupt effusively. There is increasing evidence that challenges the …

A review of the physical and mechanical properties of volcanic rocks and magmas in the brittle and ductile regimes

Y Lavallée, JE Kendrick - Forecasting and planning for volcanic hazards …, 2021 - Elsevier
Volcanic provinces host rocks and magmas subjected to a wide spectrum of conditions from
the occurrence of magmatic, volcanic, structural, tectonic, and hydrothermal activity. The …

The exposed Mule Creek vent deposits record the structure of a volcanic conduit during a hybrid explosive–effusive eruption

HE Unwin, H Tuffen, FB Wadsworth, ER Phillips… - Bulletin of …, 2023 - Springer
Silicic volcanic eruptions commonly begin with the explosive ejection of pyroclastic material,
before transitioning to gentler effusion-dominated activity. Well-exposed dissected silicic …

Hot sintering of melts, glasses and magmas

FB Wadsworth, J Vasseur… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Magma may fragment as it ascends through the volcanic plumbing system to the Earth
surface, forming volcanic ash and pyroclasts (Scheu and Dingwell 2022, this issue). If the …