Magma fragmentation in eruptions

Dork Sahagian ()
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Dork Sahagian: University of New Hampshire

Nature, 1999, vol. 402, issue 6762, 589-591

Abstract: A process known as fragmentation is how erupting magma from a volcano breaks up into fine particles and ash, and it determines the type of eruption — gentle or violent — that occurs. Theoretical and laboratory studies show that treating magma as a brittle material can explain its behaviour at the point of fragmentation, when it is transformed from a foam into a gassy spray.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1038/45099

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