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Research article
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27 Sep 2016
Research article |
| 27 Sep 2016
Eruptive shearing of tube pumice: pure and simple
Donald B. Dingwell
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian University,
Theresienstr. 41/III, 80333 Munich, Germany
Yan Lavallée
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Kai-Uwe Hess
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian University,
Theresienstr. 41/III, 80333 Munich, Germany
Asher Flaws
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian University,
Theresienstr. 41/III, 80333 Munich, Germany
Joan Marti
Consejo Superior de Investigations Cientificas, Institute of Earth
Sciences Jaume Almera, Barcelona, Spain
Alexander R. L. Nichols
Research and Development Center for Ocean Drilling Science, Japan
Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15
Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan
H. Albert Gilg
Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Burkhard Schillinger
Forschungsreaktor FRM-II, Technical University of Munich,
Garching, Germany
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Jamie I. Farquharson, Patrick Baud, and Michael J. Heap
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A. Coco, J. Gottsmann, F. Whitaker, A. Rust, G. Currenti, A. Jasim, and S. Bunney
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When magma chambers inflate, they deform the surrounding Earth’s crust. This deformation affects the pore space available for the water in local aquifers, which in turn leads to pressure variations and water table changes. We can observe these changes in wells, and this study investigates if and how we can utilize them for volcano monitoring. Results show that the hydrological response to deformation helps unravelling subsurface magmatic processes, valuable information for eruption forecasting.
B. Bernard, U. Kueppers, and H. Ortiz
Solid Earth, 6, 869–879, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-869-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-869-2015, 2015
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This paper presents a new methodology to treat statistically pyroclast density and porosity data sets introducing a weighting parameter. It also proposes a stability analysis to check if the sample set is large enough for statistical reliability. Finally we introduce graphical statistics to improve distinction between pyroclastic deposits and understanding of eruptive dynamics. An open source R code is supplied that includes all these features in order to facilitate data processing.
F. Braz Machado, E. Reis Viana Rocha-Júnior, L. Soares Marques, and A. J. Ranalli Nardy
Solid Earth, 6, 227–241, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-227-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-227-2015, 2015
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This study describes for the first time morphological aspects of lava flows and structural characteristics caused by lava-sediment interaction in the northwestern Paraná continental flood basalts in the southeast of the South American Plate (Brazil). Early Cretaceous (134 to 132Ma) tholeiitic rocks were emplaced on a large intracratonic Paleozoic sedimentary basin (Paraná Basin), mainly covering dry eolian sandstones (Botucatu Formation).
Y. Moussallam, N. Peters, C. Ramírez, C. Oppenheimer, A. Aiuppa, and G. Giudice
Solid Earth, 5, 1341–1350, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1341-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1341-2014, 2014
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In this paper we characterise the flux and composition of the gas emissions from Turrialba Volcano. We show that the measured gas signature provides evidence that Turrialba Volcano has entered an open-vent configuration with magmatic gases being emitted. This suggests that the hydrothermal system at the summit is quickly drying up and that the system is moving from a hydrothermal to a magmatic end member with implications for short-term monitoring and possible evolution of the state of unrest.
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Solid Earth, 5, 409–424, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-409-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-409-2014, 2014
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Solid Earth, 5, 313–326, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-313-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-313-2014, 2014
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Solid Earth, 5, 199–208, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-199-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-199-2014, 2014
M. Pantaleo and T. R. Walter
Solid Earth, 5, 183–198, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-183-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-183-2014, 2014
A. C. F. Luchetti, A. J. R. Nardy, F. B. Machado, J. E. O. Madeira, and J. M. Arnosio
Solid Earth, 5, 121–130, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-121-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-121-2014, 2014
M. J. Heap, P. Baud, P. G. Meredith, S. Vinciguerra, and T. Reuschlé
Solid Earth, 5, 25–44, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-25-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-25-2014, 2014
A. LaRue, D. R. Baker, M. Polacci, P. Allard, and N. Sodini
Solid Earth, 4, 373–380, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-4-373-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-4-373-2013, 2013
S. B. Mueller, N. R. Varley, U. Kueppers, P. Lesage, G. Á. Reyes Davila, and D. B. Dingwell
Solid Earth, 4, 201–213, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-4-201-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-4-201-2013, 2013
N. Bobrowski and G. Giuffrida
Solid Earth, 3, 433–445, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-3-433-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-3-433-2012, 2012
S. Lepore and C. Scarpati
Solid Earth, 3, 161–173, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-3-161-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-3-161-2012, 2012
O. Sigmarsson, I. Vlastelic, R. Andreasen, I. Bindeman, J.-L. Devidal, S. Moune, J. K. Keiding, G. Larsen, A. Höskuldsson, and Th. Thordarson
Solid Earth, 2, 271–281, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2-271-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2-271-2011, 2011
A. Aiuppa, M. Burton, P. Allard, T. Caltabiano, G. Giudice, S. Gurrieri, M. Liuzzo, and G. Salerno
Solid Earth, 2, 135–142, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2-135-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2-135-2011, 2011
D. Giordano, M. Polacci, P. Papale, and L. Caricchi
Solid Earth, 1, 61–69, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-1-61-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-1-61-2010, 2010
E. Peruzzo, M. Barsanti, F. Flandoli, and P. Papale
Solid Earth, 1, 49–59, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-1-49-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-1-49-2010, 2010
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Here, we use tomography to reconstructed the pores of erupted pumice and understand the evolution of gas bubbles in magma. Analysis of the pore geometry is used to describe whether the pores where aligned by stretching as ascending magma is pulled apart (pure shear) or sheared like a deck of card (simple shear). We conclude that the latter, simple shear, dominates during magma ascent up to the points where magma fragments to cause an explosion.
Here, we use tomography to reconstructed the pores of erupted pumice and understand the...
