Magma fracture and lava
dome collapse
nHugh Tuffen
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Dome collapse at Colima, Mexico in 1991
Hi folks.

I’m going to talk about lava dome eruptions: how they collapse and the role that the fracture of magma has to play.

After a brief overview of lava domes, which may be familiar material for you, I’ll discuss some current ideas about how magma fractures and domes collapse and highlight some of major gaps in our understanding which need to be addressed…

I’ll be covering quite a lot of material and there’s plenty of extra references given if you’re particularly interested in any particular aspect, as well as the three .pdf files of key papers.

However, I hope you’ll be able to get something out of it just by reading what’s given here if you don’t have time to explore further….