The build-up and triggers of volcanic eruptions

L Caricchi, M Townsend, E Rivalta… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
More than 800 million people live in proximity to active volcanoes and could be directly
impacted by potential eruptions. Mitigation of future volcanic hazards requires adequate …

An integrated PT-H2O-lattice strain model to quantify the role of clinopyroxene fractionation on REE+ Y and HFSE patterns of mafic alkaline magmas: Application to …

S Mollo, J Blundy, P Scarlato, SP De Cristofaro… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
A correct description and quantification of the geochemical behaviour of REE+ Y (rare earth
elements and Y) and HFSE (high field strength elements) is a key requirement for modeling …

A new clinopyroxene-liquid barometer, and implications for magma storage pressures under Icelandic rift zones

DA Neave, KD Putirka - American Mineralogist, 2017 - degruyter.com
Pressure is one of the key variables that controls magmatic phase equilibria. However,
estimating magma storage pressures from erupted products can be challenging. Various …

Sector-zoned clinopyroxene as a recorder of magma history, eruption triggers, and ascent rates

T Ubide, S Mollo, J Zhao, M Nazzari… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Sector-zoned clinopyroxene is common in igneous rocks, but has been overlooked in the
study of magmatic processes. Whilst concentric zoning is commonly used as a record of …

Volcanic crystals as time capsules of eruption history

T Ubide, BS Kamber - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Crystals formed prior to a volcanic event can provide evidence of processes leading to and
timing of eruptions. Clinopyroxene is common in basaltic to intermediate volcanoes …

The role of undercooling during clinopyroxene growth in trachybasaltic magmas: Insights on magma decompression and cooling at Mt. Etna volcano

M Masotta, A Pontesilli, S Mollo, P Armienti… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Isothermal and undercooling experiments were conducted on one of the most primitive
trachybasalts from Mt. Etna volcano in order to examine the crystallization mechanisms …

Deep magma storage revealed by multi-method elemental mapping of clinopyroxene megacrysts at Stromboli volcano

T Ubide, J Caulfield, C Brandt, Y Bussweiler… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The magmatic architecture and physicochemical processes inside volcanoes influence the
style and timescale of eruptions. A long-standing challenge in volcanology is to establish the …

Dynamic crystallization in magmas

S Mollo, JE Hammer - 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Undercooling and crystallization kinetics are recognized increasingly as important
processes controlling the final textures and compositions of minerals as well as the …

Phosphorus and aluminum zoning in olivine: contrasting behavior of two nominally incompatible trace elements

T Shea, JE Hammer, E Hellebrand, AJ Mourey… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2019 - Springer
Phosphorus zoning in olivine is receiving considerable attention for its capacity to preserve
key information about rates and mechanisms of crystal growth. Its concentration can vary …

Mush cannibalism and disruption recorded by clinopyroxene phenocrysts at Stromboli volcano: New insights from recent 2003–2017 activity

F Di Stefano, S Mollo, T Ubide, CM Petrone, J Caulfield… - Lithos, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Present-day (< 1.2 kyr) activity of Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Southern Italy) is
fed by a vertically-extended mush column with an open-conduit configuration. The eruptive …