Nature Communications (Jun 2022)
Dendritic crystallization in hydrous basaltic magmas controls magma mobility within the Earth’s crust
- Fabio Arzilli,
- Margherita Polacci,
- Giuseppe La Spina,
- Nolwenn Le Gall,
- Edward W. Llewellin,
- Richard A. Brooker,
- Rafael Torres-Orozco,
- Danilo Di Genova,
- David A. Neave,
- Margaret E. Hartley,
- Heidy M. Mader,
- Daniele Giordano,
- Robert Atwood,
- Peter D. Lee,
- Florian Heidelbach,
- Mike R. Burton
Affiliations
- Fabio Arzilli
- School of Science and Technology, Geology Division, University of Camerino
- Margherita Polacci
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
- Giuseppe La Spina
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia-Osservatorio Etneo, Sezione di Catania
- Nolwenn Le Gall
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London
- Edward W. Llewellin
- Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
- Richard A. Brooker
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
- Rafael Torres-Orozco
- Centro de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Veracruzana
- Danilo Di Genova
- Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth
- David A. Neave
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
- Margaret E. Hartley
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
- Heidy M. Mader
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
- Daniele Giordano
- Department of Earth Science, University of Torino
- Robert Atwood
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Peter D. Lee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London
- Florian Heidelbach
- Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth
- Mike R. Burton
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30890-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
In situ 4D experiments at high temperature and moderate pressure reveal that rapid dendritic crystallization in hydrous basaltic magmas promotes a rheological transition within minutes, controlling magma mobility within the Earth’s crust.
