[HTML][HTML] A review of plagioclase growth rate and compositional evolution in mafic alkaline magmas: Guidelines for thermometry, hygrometry, and timescales of magma …

P Moschini, S Mollo, A Pontesilli, M Nazzari… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mafic alkaline magmas, such as those feeding the persistent eruptive activity of Stromboli
and Mt. Etna volcanoes in Italy, are dominated by the crystallization of plagioclase via …

The initial phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja ridge eruption (Canary Islands): Products and dynamics controlling edifice growth and collapse

JE Romero, M Burton, F Cáceres… - … of Volcanology and …, 2022 - researchportal.port.ac.uk
Tajogaite cone in the Cumbre Vieja ridge (La Palma, Canary Islands) erupted between 19
September and 13 December 2021. The tephra and lava sourced from the newly formed …

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 …

Oceanic intraplate explosive eruptions fed directly from the mantle

CL DeVitre, E Gazel, RS Ramalho… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Constraining the volatile content of magmas is critical to our understanding of eruptive
processes and their deep Earth cycling essential to planetary habitability [R. Dasgupta, MM …

Dendritic crystallization in hydrous basaltic magmas controls magma mobility within the Earth's crust

F Arzilli, M Polacci, G La Spina, N Le Gall… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The majority of basaltic magmas stall in the Earth's crust as a result of the rheological
evolution caused by crystallization during transport. However, the relationships between …

Volcanic CO2 tracks the incubation period of basaltic paroxysms

A Aiuppa, M Bitetto, D Delle Donne, FP La Monica… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The ordinarily benign activity of basaltic volcanoes is periodically interrupted by violent
paroxysmal explosions ranging in size from Hawaiian to Plinian in the most extreme …

A chemical threshold controls nanocrystallization and degassing behaviour in basalt magmas

A Scarani, A Zandonà, F Di Fiore, P Valdivia… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
An increasing number of studies are being presented demonstrating that volcanic glasses
can be heterogeneous at the nanoscale. These nano-heterogeneities can develop both …

In situ observation of nanolite growth in volcanic melt: A driving force for explosive eruptions

D Di Genova, RA Brooker, HM Mader, JWE Drewitt… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Although gas exsolution is a major driving force behind explosive volcanic eruptions,
viscosity is critical in controlling the escape of bubbles and switching between explosive and …

Explosivity of basaltic lava fountains is controlled by magma rheology, ascent rate and outgassing

G La Spina, F Arzilli, EW Llewellin, MR Burton… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dichotomy between explosive volcanic eruptions, which produce pyroclasts, and
effusive eruptions, which produce lava, is defined by the presence or absence of …

Direct observation of degassing during decompression of basaltic magma

B Bonechi, M Polacci, F Arzilli, G La Spina… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Transitions in eruptive style during volcanic eruptions strongly depend on how easily gas
and magma decouple during ascent. Stronger gas-melt coupling favors highly explosive …