Rheology of magmas with bimodal crystal size and shape distributions: Insights from analog experiments

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Cimarelli, C ^a   Costa, A ^b,c   Mueller, S ^d   Mader, H M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analog experiments; crystal bearing; magma; polydisperse suspensions; rheology

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALS; ELASTICITY; EPOXY RESINS; EXPERIMENTS; POLYDISPERSITY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SILICATES; SPHERES; TEXTURES; VISCOSITY; VOLCANOES; YIELD STRESS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SHEAR THINNING;

ANALOG EXPERIMENTS; BIDISPERSE SYSTEMS; CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS; CRYSTAL SIZE AND SHAPE; FLOW BEHAVIORS; LARGE PARTICLES; MAGMA; MAGMA FLOW; MICROLITES; MONODISPERSE; NEW MODEL; PARTICLE CONTENT; POLYDISPERSE SUSPENSION; RELATIVE VISCOSITY; RHEOLOGICAL EFFECT; SHEAR THINNING; SILICATE MELTS; SOLID FRACTION; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; VOLCANIC CONDUIT; YIELD STRESS BEHAVIOR; BIMODAL SUSPENSIONS; PARTICLE ASPECT RATIOS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; NEWTONIAN FLUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOCRYST; RHEOLOGY; TEXTURE;

EID: 79961225690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003606     Document Type: Article

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