Dear authors,

I have now had time to read through your responses to the reviewers' comments and the changes you've implemented to the manuscript as a result. In my opinion, you've satisfactorily addressed all the main comments of the reviewers, all except the comment regarding the addition of experimental data. However, I can understand that, if no data are readily available, providing such experimental data is perhaps beyond the scope of the present study, and offers an inviting avenue for future research. As both reviewers point out, your study is provocative and will likely lead to more research on this topic, which is something I like. It's therefore my pleasure to inform you that I have recommended that your manuscript is now accepted in Solid Earth, pending a few technical corrections (listed below). I hope you consider Solid Earth for your future manuscripts.

Thanks,

Mike Heap (Topical Editor of Solid Earth)

Technical corrections:

Line 17: Missing space after “rocks”.
Line 33: Delete the word “the”.
Line 34: “…the lava dome at Unzen…” Delete the word “the” before “Sakurajima”.
Line 36: Delete the word “the” before “Etna”.
Line 157: Add comma after “…30 %”.
Line 211: Delete the word “what”.
Line 243: “Data” is plural.

Dear authors,
please take Mike Heap's comments on technical corrections into account, so that your manuscript is then ready for publishing.
I'm looking forward seeing it published, Lotte Krawczyk.