Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava flows.

Researchers found that a magma's thermal history may be a key factor in determining whether an eruption becomes more vigorous ...

In rocky planets such as Earth and Mars, the oxidation state of the mantle is thought to strongly influence the melting temperature of mantle materials (i.e., magma generation), the composition of ...

Much of Earth’s magma is stored as extensive crystal mush systems, yet the prevalence of physical processes operating within mushes and their importance in volcanically active regions remain enigmatic ...

The valence state of iron in majorite, a major mineral in the deep interiors of Earth and Mars, was determined using high-pressure experiments and ...

In the upper two panels show modelling results of the contamination of depleted mantle (DM, yellow stars) by (1) serpentinite-derived fluids, and by (2) fluids derived from the slab crust materials.

Magmatic systems within the continental crust often record complex interactions between chemically distinct magmas. In granitoid batholiths, injections of mafic to intermediate magma into evolving ...