Vasseur, Jérémie; Wadsworth, Fabian B.; Dingwell, Donald B.; Lavallée, Yan (2024): Plug flow and brecciation in volcanic conduits can emerge from shear-induced crystal migration in otherwise Newtonian magmas. Communications Earth & Environment, 5: 389. ISSN 2662-4435
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Abstract
In the Earth, the flow of crystal-bearing magma is thought to be non-Newtonian and shear thinning, but the physical origin for this is poorly understood. We use hydro-granular theory to show that the decoupled migration of crystals toward conduit cores during magma ascent is a tenable microphysical mechanism for plug flow, emergent in an otherwise purely Newtonian crystal-bearing magma. We use a numerical conduit model to define the flow development length beyond which crystal migration dominates and strain localises near conduit margins. Applied to magma ascent scenarios, we show that this crystal-migration strain localisation only develops in high crystallinity magmas or magmas ascending in very narrow cracks/conduits. In all other scenarios, crystals do not contribute to non-Newtonian behaviour and such magmas are usually strictly Newtonian. The ascent of very crystal-rich dome magma could be associated with strain localisation and crystal depletion at the conduit margins, lubricating ascent through the crust.
Dokumententyp: | Artikel (LMU) |
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Organisationseinheit (Fakultäten): | 20 Geowissenschaften > Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften > Mineralogie, Petrologie und Geochemie |
DFG-Fachsystematik der Wissenschaftsbereiche: | Naturwissenschaften |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 06. Mai 2025 07:57 |
Letzte Änderung: | 06. Mai 2025 07:57 |
URI: | https://oa-fund.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/1777 |
DFG: | Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - 491502892 |