Time-and temperature-dependent conduit wall porosity: A key control on degassing and explosivity at Tarawera volcano, New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 126-137

  Kennedy, B M ^a,b   Jellinek, A M ^b   Russell, J K ^b   Nichols, A R L ^c   Vigouroux, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conduit; Degassing; Explosive; Lava dome; Magma; Volcano

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ERUPTIONS; BRITTLE BEHAVIOR; CONDUIT; CRACK-HEALING; CRITICAL RELAXATION; CYCLIC DEFORMATIONS; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; EXPLOSIVITY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; KEY CONTROL; LAVA DOME; MAGMA; METEORIC WATERS; NEW ZEALAND; OPEN POROSITY; RHYOLITIC; SEM IMAGE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEXTURAL CHANGES; TIME-SCALES; VOLATILE CONTENTS; VOLCANIC CONDUIT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CRACKS; DEGASSING; DOMES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS TRANSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL HEATING; VOLCANOES; WATER CONTENT;

POROSITY;

DEGASSING; LAVA DOME; MAGMA; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER CONTENT;

BAY OF PLENTY; MOUNT TARAWERA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 77958479738     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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