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Articles | Volume 12, issue 7
Articles | Volume 12, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1549-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1549-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 7
Research article
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06 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 06 Jul 2021

Magma ascent mechanisms in the transition regime from solitary porosity waves to diapirism

Janik Dohmen and Harro Schmeling

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In partially molten regions within the Earth, the melt is able to move separately from the surrounding rocks. This allows for the emergence of so-called solitary porosity waves, driven by compaction and decompaction due to the melt with higher buoyancy. Our numerical models can predict whether a partially molten region will ascend dominated by solitary waves or diapirism. Even in diapiris-dominated regions, solitary waves will build up and ascend as a swarm when the ascend time is long enough.
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