Insights for crystal mush storage utilizing mafic enclaves from the 2011–12 Cordón Caulle eruption [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Two distinct types of rare crystal-rich mafic enclaves have been identified in the rhyolite lava flow from the 2011–12 Cordón Caulle eruption (Southern Andean Volcanic Zone, SVZ).
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Porosity evolution of mafic crystal mush during reactive flow [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 The emergence of the “mush paradigm” has raised several questions for conventional models of magma storage and extraction: how are melts extracted to form eruptible liquid-rich domains?
Matthew L. M. Gleeson +2 more
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Localized rejuvenation of a crystal mush recorded in zircon temporal and compositional variation at the Lassen Volcanic Center, northern California. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Zircon ages and trace element compositions from recent silicic eruptions in the Lassen Volcanic Center (LVC) allow for an evaluation of the timing and conditions of rejuvenation (reheating and mobilization of crystals) within the LVC magmatic system. The
Erik W Klemetti, Michael A Clynne
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Magma convection favors ephemeral melt-rich bodies within mushy reservoirs [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMagma convection is a mechanism that greatly enhances heat transfer from mobilizable, crystal-poor magma bodies to the surrounding immobile, crystal-rich mush reservoir of Earth’s igneous systems.
Jie Chen +2 more
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Advances in seismic imaging of magma and crystal mush
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 Seismic imaging methods have provided detailed three-dimensional constraints on the physical properties of magmatic systems leading to invaluable insight into the storage, differentiation and dynamics of magma.
Michele Paulatto +5 more
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Multiple mush generations provide insight into the longevity of open-conduit basaltic volcanoes [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInvestigating the dynamics and timescales of magmatic processes in open-conduit basaltic volcanoes is crucial for improving our understanding of explosive eruptions and better assessing volcanic hazards.
Beatrice Schiavon +9 more
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Compositional boundary layers trigger liquid unmixing in a basaltic crystal mush [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 This study seeks to tackle the question of why intermediate magmatic rock compositions are poorly represented on the Earth’s surface. The authors do so by tracking the evolution of the physical behaviour of immiscible Fe-rich liquids within a sample ...
Victoria C. Honour +9 more
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Enhanced crystal-melt segregation within dynamic mush systems links silicic cumulates with caldera-forming eruptions [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSupported by the mush model, the origin of crystal-poor, high-silica rhyolitic magmas (≥ 75 SiO₂ wt.%) is commonly linked to melt extraction in shallow, crystalline mushes, yet their complementary cumulates remain elusive in the upper crust.
Lucas M. Lino +8 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 The size, longevity, and mobility of upper-crustal magma mushes, and thus their ability to mix and interact with newly arriving magma batches, are key factors determining the evolution of magma reservoirs.
Katie E. Ardill +7 more
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Annual-to-millennial fluctuations in the physical properties of crystal-rich magma storage zones [PDF]
Communications Earth & EnvironmentBasaltic melts may variably disaggregate macrocrysts (large crystals) from crystal mushes during the assembly of magma bodies beneath ocean-island volcanoes.
Oliver Higgins +6 more
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