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Magma mixing is a common process in volcanic magma chambers, which are open-system chambers where magmas enter the chamber, [10] undergo some form of assimilation, fractional crystallisation and partial melt extraction (via eruption of lava), and are replenished. Magma mixing also tends to occur at deeper levels in the crust and is considered ...
Magma that is extruded as lava is extremely dry, but magma at depth and under great pressure can contain a dissolved water content in excess of 10%. Water is somewhat less soluble in low-silica magma than high-silica magma, so that at 1,100 °C and 0.5 GPa , a basaltic magma can dissolve 8% H 2 O while a granite pegmatite magma can dissolve 11% ...
The word lava comes from Italian and is probably derived from the Latin word labes, which means a fall or slide. [2] [3] An early use of the word in connection with extrusion of magma from below the surface is found in a short account of the 1737 eruption of Vesuvius, written by Francesco Serao, who described "a flow of fiery lava" as an analogy to the flow of water and mud down the flanks of ...
Some trajectories span a large region: this is the chaotic or mixing region, where good mixing occurs. However, there are also two "holes": in these regions, the trajectories are closed. These are called elliptic islands, as the trajectories inside are elliptic-like curves. These regions are not mixed with the remainder of the fluid.
Numerical models and laboratory experiments demonstrate that if the upwelling melt is less viscous than the surrounding country rock, a spherical shaped diapir connected to a stalk will be formed, which is called Stokes diapir. [12] [5] Stoke diapirism is a viable mechanism preferably for the ascent of massive magma bodies in a weak and ductile ...
Magmatism is the emplacement of magma within and at the surface of the outer layers of a terrestrial planet, which solidifies as igneous rocks.It does so through magmatic activity or igneous activity, the production, intrusion and extrusion of magma or lava.
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Interaction between the water and the lava leads to steam explosions. These explosions throw lava fragments into the air; under favourable circumstances these fragments pile up on land and form a cone. [11] This activity may resemble that of fire fountaining, [9] and produces tephra columns, lava bubbles, steam blasts and lava fountains. [12]