Pankhurst, MJ, Morgan, DJ, Dobson, KJ et al. (4 more authors) (2014) Technical note monitoring the magmas fuelling volcanic eruptions in near-real-time using x-ray micro-computed tomography. Journal of Petrology, 55 (3). 671 - 684. ISSN 0022-3530
Abstract
A novel application of X-ray micro-computed tomography is described, which can be used to rapidly characterize chemical populations of natural olivine crystals in erupted basalts.This technique can be deployed during volcanic crises to directly track changes in magma components of an erupting system in near-real-time. Such changes are fundamental in controlling eruption style, duration and intensity.We demonstrate a method that can generate data from hundreds of crystalswithin hours, which allows time-series petrological data to be recorded and interpreted alongside various complementarymonitoring techniques (e.g.seismicity, ground deformation). Our direct-detection will allow greater understanding of the dynamics of sub-volcanic magma plumbing systems, and can provide important insights into how an eruption may evolve.The same technique can also be used to generate rich baseline datasets from eruption sequences in the geological record in amore efficient manner than conventional methods allow.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is a pre-copy edited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Petrology following peer review. The version of record is Pankhurst, MJ, Morgan, DJ, Dobson, KJ, Lee, PD, Courtois, L, Loughlin, SC and Thordarson, TH (2014) Technical note monitoring the magmas fuelling volcanic eruptions in near-real-time using x-ray micro-computed tomography. Journal of Petrology, 55 (3). 671 - 684 available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egt079 |
Keywords: | X-ray micro-computed tomography; olivine composition; volcanic eruption monitoring |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2014 15:37 |
Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2015 16:06 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egt079 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/petrology/egt079 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80309 |