Crystal and melt inclusion timescales reveal the evolution of magma migration before eruption

Volatile contents in melt inclusions can be used to unravel magma migration and degassing. Here, the authors use olivine chronometry and melt inclusion data from the 2008 Llaima eruption and find that magma intrusion occurred 4 years before the eruption and reached a depth of 3–4 km, 6 months before...

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Main Authors: Dawn C. S. Ruth, Fidel Costa, Caroline Bouvet de Maisonneuve, Luis Franco, Joaquin A. Cortés, Eliza S. Calder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05086-8
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Summary:Volatile contents in melt inclusions can be used to unravel magma migration and degassing. Here, the authors use olivine chronometry and melt inclusion data from the 2008 Llaima eruption and find that magma intrusion occurred 4 years before the eruption and reached a depth of 3–4 km, 6 months before the eruption.
ISSN:2041-1723