Gabriele Giuliani , Danilo Di Genova , Fabrizio Di Fiore , Silvio Mollo , Serena Dominijanni , Chiara Maria Petrone , Claudia Romano , Alessandro Vona
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Abstract
The dynamic interplay between magmas and carbonate wall rocks within volcanic plumbing systems heavily influences the chemical and physical properties of erupted magmas. In this study we present results from isothermal static experiments (ISEs) and isothermal deformation experiments (IDEs) aimed at investigating the rheological evolution of a phonotephritic melt from Somma-Vesuvius (Italy) under variable shear rates and CaO and CaO + MgO doping levels. Flash differential scanning calorimetry is also used to determine the viscosity of interstitial melt, allowing for the first direct assessment of how crystallization affects melt rheology without relying on empirical viscosity models. Two distinct rheological scenarios emerge from IDEs: 1) a viscous deformation, characterized by uniform flow, and 2) a non-homogeneous deformation, featuring shear localization and viscous/brittle rupture of the magma. As both shear rate and doping level increase, a non-Newtonian melt behavior is observed due to stress localization and rupture, facilitated by the development of the crystal network. The narrower viscosity range measured from IDEs, compared to models of pure viscous behavior, suggests that shear localization and fracturing reduce the resistance to flow in doped, crystal-rich samples. The complex rheology of doped melts reflects the disaggregation of skarn shells at the margins of magma chambers, thereby facilitating skarn recycling and enhancing magma contamination.
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Chemical Geology is an international journal that publishes original research papers on isotopic and elemental geochemistry, geochronology and cosmochemistry.
The Journal focuses on chemical processes in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology, low- and high-temperature aqueous solutions, biogeochemistry, the environment and cosmochemistry.
Papers that are field, experimentally, or computationally based are appropriate if they are of broad international interest. The Journal generally does not publish papers that are primarily of regional or local interest, or which are primarily focused on remediation and applied geochemistry.
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