Magma, Crust and Fluid: Critical Conditions of their Interaction and Types of Volcanic Eruptions


  •  Andrei Nechayev    

Abstract

The mechanism of Gas-Liquid Imbalance (GLI-mechanism) is applied to the theoretical description of the behavior of the magmatic system for different types of volcanic eruptions. It is shown that physical interaction of contacting volumes of magma and gaseous fluid under certain critical conditions can lead to the formation of stratovolcano and caldera. With unified theoretical positions the development of Strombolian, Plinian, Hawaiian, areal and high-explosive volcanic eruption is discussed.



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  • ISSN(Print): 1916-9639
  • ISSN(Online): 1916-9647
  • Started: 2009
  • Frequency: semiannual

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