Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009e%26psl.279..263c&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 279, Issue 3-4, p. 263-272.
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
Transitions between effusive and explosive styles of lava dome eruptions are likely accompanied by changes in lava rheology. The common presence of crystals in dome lavas produces a complex non-Newtonian rheology. Thus models of such complex rheology are essential for volcanic eruption models. Here, we have measured the rheology of natural Unzen lavas with a compressive uniaxial press operating at stresses between 1 and 70 MPa and temperatures between 940 and 1010 °C. Crystal-rich Unzen lavas are characterised by two essential rheological features which produce non-Newtonian effects. The first is an instantaneous response of the apparent viscosity to applied stress which requires that the magma be described as a visco-elastic fluid that exhibits shear-thinning. The second effect takes the form of a time-dependence of the viscosity at moderate to high stress (≥ 10 MPa). In this regime, the apparent viscosity slowly decreases as increasing fracturing of the phenocrysts and the groundmass occurs. Fragmentation of crystals and alignment of crystal fragments are observed to produce flow banding-effects which in turn lower the apparent viscosity of natural dome lavas. Ultimately, deformation may lead to complete rupture of the lava if the stress is sufficient. Cracking thus stands as an important process in natural dome lava rheology. The ubiquitous non-Newtonian rheology of dome lavas, observed experimentally here, needs to be adequately treated in order to generate appropriate eruption models.
Cordonnier Benoit
Dingwell Donald B.
Hess Kai-Uwe
Lavallee Yan
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