Fluidal pyroclasts reveal the intensity of peralkaline rhyolite pumice cone eruptions

Fluidal pyroclasts reveal the intensity of peralkaline rhyolite pumice cone eruptions

Dynamics of peralkaline rhyolite eruptions remain elusive due to the lack of direct observations. Here the authors provide X-ray Computed Tomography, thermal modelling and field data of fluidal shaped pyroclasts and show that peralkaline rhyolite pumice cones are the product of moderate to intense e...

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Main Authors: Ben Clarke, Eliza S. Calder, Firawalin Dessalegn, Karen Fontijn, Joaquín A. Cortés, Mark Naylor, Ian Butler, William Hutchison, Gezahegn Yirgu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09947-8
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Summary:Dynamics of peralkaline rhyolite eruptions remain elusive due to the lack of direct observations. Here the authors provide X-ray Computed Tomography, thermal modelling and field data of fluidal shaped pyroclasts and show that peralkaline rhyolite pumice cones are the product of moderate to intense eruptions.
ISSN:2041-1723

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