Vertically extensive and unstable magmatic systems: a unified view of igneous processes

KV Cashman, RSJ Sparks, JD Blundy - Science, 2017‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND For more than 100 years, the melt-dominated magma chamber has been
central to conceptual models of volcanism and igneous processes. Over the past few …

Highly fractionated granites: Recognition and research

FY Wu, XC Liu, WQ Ji, JM Wang, L Yang - Science China Earth Sciences, 2017‏ - Springer
Granite is one of the most important components of the continental crust on our Earth; it thus
has been an enduring studied subject in geology. According to present knowledge, granite …

Crustal melting vs. fractionation of basaltic magmas: Part 1, granites and paradigms

JF Moyen, V Janoušek, O Laurent, O Bachmann… - Lithos, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Granitoids are a major component of the continental crust. They play a pivotal role in its
evolution, either by adding new material (continental growth), or by reworking older …

Silicic magma reservoirs in the Earth's crust

O Bachmann, C Huber - American Mineralogist, 2016‏ - degruyter.com
Magma reservoirs play a key role in controlling numerous processes in planetary evolution,
including igneous differentiation and degassing, crustal construction, and volcanism. For …

Earth's earliest granitoids are crystal-rich magma reservoirs tapped by silicic eruptions

O Laurent, J Björnsen, JF Wotzlaw, S Bretscher… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Granitoids of the tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) series dominate Earth's earliest
continental crust. The geochemical diversity of TTGs is ascribed to several possible …

Rapid remobilization of magmatic crystals kept in cold storage

KM Cooper, AJR Kent - Nature, 2014‏ - nature.com
The processes involved in the formation and storage of magma within the Earth's upper crust
are of fundamental importance to volcanology. Many volcanic eruptions, including some of …

Architecture and dynamics of magma reservoirs

M Edmonds, KV Cashman… - … Transactions of the …, 2019‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
This introductory article provides a synopsis of our current understanding of the form and
dynamics of magma reservoirs in the crust. This knowledge is based on a range of …

Volcanic–plutonic parity and the differentiation of the continental crust

CB Keller, B Schoene, M Barboni, KM Samperton… - Nature, 2015‏ - nature.com
The continental crust is central to the biological and geological history of Earth. However,
crustal heterogeneity has prevented a thorough geochemical comparison of its primary …

Calderas and magma reservoirs

KV Cashman, G Giordano - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Large caldera-forming eruptions have long been a focus of both petrological and
volcanological studies; petrologists have used the eruptive products to probe conditions of …

Rhyolites and their source mushes across tectonic settings

O Bachmann, GW Bergantz - Journal of Petrology, 2008‏ - academic.oup.com
Evolved magmas, including highly explosive rhyolites, are mainly generated by extraction of
viscous melts from solid residues either in (1) partial melting zones within the crust …