
Understanding and forecasting magma pathways and the location of eruptive vents
Speaker: Prof.ssa Eleonora Rivalta, Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia - Giovedì 13 Ottobre – ore 16,30 | Aula Arduino
13.10.2022
Magma is transported through the brittle-elastic lithosphere by diking. Diking is a mechanism similar to hydraulic fracturing where a volume of fluid occupies a crack which propagates by fracturing rock ahead and pinching shut at its back.