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The rheology of rhyolite magma from the IDDP-1 borehole and Hrafntinnuhryggur (Krafla, Iceland) with implications for geothermal drilling (2024)
Journal Article
Wadsworth, F. B., Vasseur, J., Lavallée, Y., Hess, K.-U., Kendrick, J. E., Castro, J. M., Weidendorfer, D., Rooyakkers, S. M., Foster, A., Jackson, L. E., Kennedy, B. M., Nichols, A. R., Schipper, C. I., Scheu, B., Dingwell, D. B., Watson, T., Rule, G., Witcher, T., & Tuffen, H. (2024). The rheology of rhyolite magma from the IDDP-1 borehole and Hrafntinnuhryggur (Krafla, Iceland) with implications for geothermal drilling. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 455, Article 108159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108159

Evidence for the formation of silicic lava by pyroclast sintering (2024)
Journal Article
Foster, A., Wadsworth, F. B., Tuffen, H., Unwin, H. E., & Humphreys, M. C. S. (2024). Evidence for the formation of silicic lava by pyroclast sintering. Nature Communications, 15(1), 5347. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49601-6

Silicic lavas can be produced by the sintering of pyroclasts in the volcanic sub-surface, and then advected out of the vent. Here, we provide evidence for this mechanism preserved in the exposed post-glacial remnants of a silicic volcanic conduit at... Read More about Evidence for the formation of silicic lava by pyroclast sintering.