Magma Chambers Part II: Magma Mushes
Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 19:50
in Earth & Climate
In the first part of this look at magma chambers, I talked about some of the processes that dominate what goes on beneath an active volcano. The twin actions of fractionation and assimilation were what preoccupied the early researchers, however more recently we've realised things are a little more complicated than that. In this part I want to take a closer look at some of those intricacies. read more
