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TY - JOUR
T1 - Magma mixing
T2 - A mechanism for triggering acid explosive eruptions
AU - Sparks, Stephen R.J.
AU - Sigurdsson, Haraldur
AU - Wilson, Lionel
PY - 1977/5/26
Y1 - 1977/5/26
N2 - Injection of basic magma into acid magma causes superheating of the acid magma and vigorous convection. Vesiculation induced by convection and increased magma pressure fractures the volcanic edifice triggering an explosive acid eruption. The 1875 plinian eruption of Askja, Iceland is an example of an explosive eruption triggered by magma mixing.
AB - Injection of basic magma into acid magma causes superheating of the acid magma and vigorous convection. Vesiculation induced by convection and increased magma pressure fractures the volcanic edifice triggering an explosive acid eruption. The 1875 plinian eruption of Askja, Iceland is an example of an explosive eruption triggered by magma mixing.
U2 - 10.1038/267315a0
DO - 10.1038/267315a0
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0001675485
VL - 267
SP - 315
EP - 318
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 5609
ER -