Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Melt stripping and agglutination of pyroclasts during the explosive eruption of low viscosity magmas

  • Thomas J. Jones,
  • James K. Russell,
  • Richard J. Brown,
  • Lea Hollendonner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28633-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The pyroclast properties and features can provide insights into the dynamics of explosive eruptions of low viscosity magma. Here, the authors show how lava droplets, or pyroclasts are subject to melt removal and melt addition during transport in a gas jet and present a method to reconstruct eruption conditions from the pyroclast textures.