Rheology of phonolitic magmas - the case of the Erebus lava lake

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Le Losq, Charles, Neuville, Daniel R., MORETTI, Roberto, Kyle, Philip R., Oppenheimer, Clive
• Other Authors: Le Losq, Charle, Moretti, Roberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Erebus volcano; Lava lake; Magma convection; Rheology; Viscosity; Geochemistry and Petrology; Geophysic; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Space and Planetary Science; Lava Lake; Lava Lakes; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11591/200319; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.11.042; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0012821X/321-322

Long-lived active lava lakes are comparatively rare and are typically associated with low-viscosity basaltic magmas. Erebus volcano, Antarctica, is unique today in hosting a phonolitic lava lake. Phonolitic magmas can erupt explosively, as in the 79 CE Plinian eruption of Vesuvius volcano, Italy, an...