Percolating magmas in three dimensions

The classical models of volcanic eruptions assume that they originate as a consequence of critical stresses or critical strain rates being exceeded in the magma followed by catastrophic fragmentation. In a recent paper (Gaonac'h et al., 2003) we proposed an additional mechanism based on the...

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Main Authors: H. Gaonac'h, S. Lovejoy, M. Carrier-Nunes, D. Schertzer, F. Lepine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-11-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/14/743/2007/npg-14-743-2007.pdf