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Experimental measurements of the viscosity and melt structure of alkali basalts at high pressure and temperature.


ABSTRACT: Volcanic eruptions are shallow phenomena that represent the final stage of density- and viscosity- driven processes of melt migration from source rocks at upper mantle depths. In this experimental study, we investigated the effect of pressure (0.7-7.0 GPa) and temperature (1335-2000 °C) on the viscosity and the atomic melt structure of a synthetic anhydrous primitive alkaline basalt, an analogue of the pre-eruptive magma that likely feeds the Campi Flegrei Volcanic District at present day. Obtained viscosities (0.5-3.0 Pa s), mobility (0.1-0.4 g cm3 Pa-1 s-1) and ascent velocity (1.5-6.0 m yr-1) are presented to support geochemical and geophysical observations of Campi Flegrei as a critical volcanic district currently undergoing gradual magma recharge at depth.

SUBMITTER: Bonechi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8850584 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Experimental measurements of the viscosity and melt structure of alkali basalts at high pressure and temperature.

Bonechi Barbara B   Stagno Vincenzo V   Kono Yoshio Y   Hrubiak Rostislav R   Ziberna Luca L   Andreozzi Giovanni B GB   Perinelli Cristina C   Gaeta Mario M  

Scientific reports 20220216 1


Volcanic eruptions are shallow phenomena that represent the final stage of density- and viscosity- driven processes of melt migration from source rocks at upper mantle depths. In this experimental study, we investigated the effect of pressure (0.7-7.0 GPa) and temperature (1335-2000 °C) on the viscosity and the atomic melt structure of a synthetic anhydrous primitive alkaline basalt, an analogue of the pre-eruptive magma that likely feeds the Campi Flegrei Volcanic District at present day. Obtai  ...[more]

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