Quantifying the Water‐to‐Melt Mass Ratio and Its Impact on Eruption Plumes During Explosive Hydromagmatic Eruptions

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Hajimirza, Sahand, Jones, Thomas J., Moreland, William M., Gonnermann, Helge M., Thordarson, Thor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Eldgjá; Iceland
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/176218/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gc010160

The interaction of magma with external water commonly enhances magma fragmentation through the conversion of thermal to mechanical energy and results in an increased production of fine-grained volcanic tephra. Magma-water interaction is thus of importance for hazard mitigation on both a local and a...