Ascent and compaction of gas rich magma and the effects of hysteretic permeability

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 258-267

  Michaut, Chloé ^a   Bercovici, David ^a   Sparks, R Steve J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eruption dynamics; gas segregation; magma compaction; permeability; plug

Indexed keywords

ERUPTION DYNAMICS; GAS VOLUME FRACTIONS; GROUND MOTIONS; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIORS; LOW PERMEABILITIES; MAGMA COMPACTION; PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY FUNCTIONS; PLUG; SHORT DISTANCES; TIME-DEPENDENT SOLUTIONS; VERTICAL SEGREGATIONS; VOLCANIC CONDUITS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPACTION; DAMPING; DYNAMICS; FLOWMETERS; GASES; HYSTERESIS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STIFFNESS; TITRATION;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

COMPACTION; MAGMA; PERMEABILITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 67349271722     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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