Sumner, J.M.; Blake, S.; Matela, R.J. and Wolff, J.A.
(2005).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.10.013 |
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Abstract
We have used a combination of field studies, laboratory analog experiments and computational fluid dynamics to determine the factors controlling the deformation and agglutination of spatter. Our field studies identify a spectrum of clast types produced by fire-fountains, ranging from brittle scoria through to fluidal droplets that coalesce. The clast types are related to conditions in the parent fire-fountain. There are a number of different outcomes for a clast impacting the ground, ranging from brittle fracture, through folding to fluidal splashing. Laboratory analog experiments and computational fluid dynamics were used to quantify both the outcome and the type of deformation experienced by viscous clasts impacting the ground. We find that a clast will splash on hitting the ground, forming daughter droplets, if its impact Reynolds number is greater than ca. 80. This condition is readily met for clasts of at least 10 cm diameter, falling at terminal speed, if the magma viscosity is up to 105 Pa s. Splashing is predicted to be a common process during deposition of inner-fountain clasts and therefore to play an important role in agglutination of near-vent spatter deposits.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| ISSN: | 0377-0273 |
| Keywords: | spatter; agglutination; fire-fountains; laboratory analog modelling; computational fluid dynamics |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Other Departments > Other Departments Science > Environment, Earth and Ecosystems Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Design, Development, Environment and Materials |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) |
| Item ID: | 4198 |
| Depositing User: | Stephen Blake |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2010 19:51 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/4198 |
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