Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "magma"
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(2019-08-20)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesThe investigation of the Ora Ignimbrite (~275 Ma) helps further our understanding of how vast amounts (>1,000 km3) of melt are generated, stored, and erupted from the shallow crust. As the last eruptive product of a slab ...
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(2017-07-27)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesThe ~1000 km3 Peach Spring Tuff (PST) is the product of an 18.8 Ma supereruption from Silver Creek caldera, southern Black Mountains, AZ (Ferguson et al 2013). Five zones are recognized in thick outflow sections of the ...
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(2011-08-08)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesThis study aims at understanding the processes by which silicic magmas are generated, how silicic magmatic systems evolve and how they are terminated, and the link between magmatic processes at depth and eruptive centers ...