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 …

Mechanical models for dikes: A third school of thought

MR Townsend, DD Pollard, RP Smith - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
Geological and geophysical data from continental volcanic centers and giant radial swarms,
and from oceanic shield volcanoes and rift zones, indicate that dikes propagate laterally for …

Long-term magmatic evolution reveals the beginning of a new caldera cycle at Campi Flegrei

F Forni, W Degruyter, O Bachmann, G De Astis… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Understanding the mechanisms that control the accumulation of large silicic magma bodies
in the upper crust is key to determining the potential of volcanoes to form caldera-forming …

An inside perspective on magma intrusion: Quantifying 3D displacement and strain in laboratory experiments by dynamic X-ray computed tomography

S Poppe, EP Holohan, O Galland, N Buls… - Frontiers in earth …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Magma intrusions grow to their final geometries by deforming the Earth's crust internally and
by displacing the Earth's surface. Interpreting the related displacements in terms of intrusion …

Mechanical modeling of pre‐eruptive magma propagation scenarios at calderas

L Mantiloni, E Rivalta, T Davis - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Simulating magma propagation pathways requires both a well‐calibrated model for the
stress state of the volcano and models for dike advance within such a stress field. Here, we …

Dyke emplacement and crustal structure within a continental large igneous province, northern Barents Sea

A Minakov, V Yarushina, JI Faleide, N Krupnova… - 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We perform an integrated analysis of magnetic anomalies, multichannel seismic and wide-
angle seismic data across an Early Cretaceous continental large igneous province in the …

Thermomechanics of shallow magma chamber pressurization: Implications for the assessment of ground deformation data at active volcanoes

PM Gregg, SL De Silva, EB Grosfils - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study, we utilize thermomechanical models to investigate how magma chambers
overpressurize as the result of either magmatic recharge or volatile exsolution. By …

Influence of exsolved volatiles on reheating silicic magmas by recharge and consequences for eruptive style at Volcán Quizapu (Chile)

W Degruyter, C Huber, O Bachmann… - Geochemistry …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The two most recent eruptions of Volcán Quizapu (southern Andes, Chile), only 85 years
apart, were both triggered by magma recharge and extruded the same volume (about 5 …

Fracturing and dome‐shaped surface displacements above laccolith intrusions: Insights from discrete element method modeling

A Morand, S Poppe, C Harnett… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inflation of viscous magma intrusions in Earth's shallow crust often induces strain and
fracturing within heterogeneous host rocks and dome‐shaped ground deformation. Most …