Eruption versus intrusion? : arrest of propagation of constant volume, buoyant, liquid-filled cracks in an elastic, brittle host

• Main Authors: Taisne, B., Tait, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Geophysics and geomagnetism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94848; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8401
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

When a volume of magma is released from a source at depth, one key question is whether or not this will culminate in an eruption or in the emplacement of a shallow intrusion. We address some of the physics behind this question by describing and interpreting laboratory experiments on the propagation...