LMU Volcanology

3 of us (Don Dingwell, Klara and Carolina) were attending the "First International Seminar of Interdisciplinary Dialogues" at UNAM.

new article alert: Our alumni @AriannaSoldati has led the study "Melt viscosity tracks the volcanic and magmatic evolution of the 2021 Tajogaite eruption, La Palma (Canary Islands)".

Great talk today by @AndyFBell in our VPG presenting “Using seismology to understanding volcano dynamics in the western Galápagos islands”, results of multi-partner international collaboration.

Full house during the first VPG seminar of this winter term, welcoming our guest @pabloj_gonzalez from @CSIC @IPNA_CSIC

Summer weather in early October brought perfect conditions on Milos island, Greece. 10 MSc students joined our Ulli (@Ulli_Bua) to learn field methods to study volcanic deposits & discuss eruptive processes. Ευχαριστώ to Evi from @uoaofficial for logistic support. #milos

Our Thilo @BissbortT presenting this morning about the role and importance of water diffusion in silicate melts at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #SMW2024

Alumni and long-time collaborator @WadsworthFabian presents absolutely everything we know about sintering in melts glasses and magmas at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #SMW2024

Our Kai-Uwe Hess talking about the challenges and solutions for constraining the rheology of carbonate melts, this morning at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #SMW2024

Our Jeremie Vasseur questions the origins of apparent non-Newtonian behaviour of #magmas at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #SMW2025

Our Luiz Pereira @PereiraConca presents his work examining the impact of nanolites on #silicatemelt #rheology at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop here in Munich #SMW2024

This morning our Yan Lavallee is getting us all thinking about how to drill into #magma with @KMT_Project given our knowledge of #silicatemelt

Bubble trouble for our Janine Birnbaum, presenting a multi-scale model for constraints on bubble expansion and transport in #silicatemelts (also bread, as it turns out)!

The obligatory group photo for the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop here @LMU_Muenchen during a well-timed break in the clouds #silicatemelt

Our Don Dingwell goes extra-terrestrial, speaking about planetary melts and glasses at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #silicatemelt

Today the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop kicks off here at @LMU_Muenchen with an excellent host of presentations after yesterday’s lab tours and #icebreaker Organized by K-U. Hess, Y. Lavallee, D.B. Dingwell and P. Richet (Photo from @Ulli_Bua)

New paper showing cyclic pressure pulses can reduce peak pressure required for hydraulic fracturing, with implications for #geothermal #energy led by our Jackie Kendrick @RonSukiRon with Anthony Lamur @volc_anthony with @GeosciencesEd & Strathclyde Uni doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.…

New experimental paper from our lab! We quantitatively show that most dome lavas are emplaced via a mixed viscous-brittle flow mechanism! Potentially transformative implications for our understanding of volcanic eruptions! Led by @WadsworthFabian doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores…

In this paper, our Jérémie Vasseur works with @Durham_Volc and @WadsworthFabian to explore simple analytical solutions to projectile motion problems for classrooms. They even apply the problem to volcanic eruptions! doi.org/10.1119/5.0161985

New paper alert! Lots of members of our lab were involved with this deep-dive into the Icelandic crust at Krafla volcano, where the IDDP-1 borehole hit rhyolitic magma at just 2.1km. Led by @WadsworthFabian doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores…