Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

In-conduit capture of sub-micron volcanic ash particles via turbophoresis and sintering

  • Jamie I. Farquharson,
  • Hugh Tuffen,
  • Fabian B. Wadsworth,
  • Jonathan M. Castro,
  • Holly Unwin,
  • C. Ian Schipper

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32522-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Here the authors document evidence of ultrafine ash captured within ash-venting nozzles at Cordón Caulle volcano (Chile). This decouples eruptive processes from the emitted products, as explained by a new model of in-vent ash migration and sticking.