Reconciling bubble nucleation in explosive eruptions with geospeedometers

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dc.citation.articleNumber283en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleNature Communicationsen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber12en_US
dc.contributor.authorHajimirza, Sahanden_US
dc.contributor.authorGonnermann, Helge M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGardner, James E.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-24T19:16:01Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-02-24T19:16:01Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractMagma from Plinian volcanic eruptions contains an extraordinarily large numbers of bubbles. Nucleation of those bubbles occurs because pressure decreases as magma rises to the surface. As a consequence, dissolved magmatic volatiles, such as water, become supersaturated and cause bubbles to nucleate. At the same time, diffusion of volatiles into existing bubbles reduces supersaturation, resulting in a dynamical feedback between rates of nucleation due to magma decompression and volatile diffusion. Because nucleation rate increases with supersaturation, bubble number density (BND) provides a proxy record of decompression rate, and hence the intensity of eruption dynamics. Using numerical modeling of bubble nucleation, we reconcile a long-standing discrepancy in decompression rate estimated from BND and independent geospeedometers. We demonstrate that BND provides a record of the time-averaged decompression rate that is consistent with independent geospeedometers, if bubble nucleation is heterogeneous and facilitated by magnetite crystals.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHajimirza, Sahand, Gonnermann, Helge M. and Gardner, James E.. "Reconciling bubble nucleation in explosive eruptions with geospeedometers." <i>Nature Communications,</i> 12, (2021) Springer Nature: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20541-1.en_US
dc.identifier.digitals41467-020-20541-1en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20541-1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110099en_US
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dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
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dc.titleReconciling bubble nucleation in explosive eruptions with geospeedometersen_US
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