Segregating gas from melt: an experimental study of the Ostwald ripening of vapor bubbles in magmas |
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Authors: | Nicole C Lautze Thomas W Sisson Margaret T Mangan Timothy L Grove |
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Institution: | (1) Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Volcanologia-Roma, Rome, Italy;(2) U.S. Geological Survey, Volcano Hazards Team, Menlo Park, CA, USA;(3) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | Diffusive coarsening (Ostwald ripening) of H2O and H2O-CO2 bubbles in rhyolite and basaltic andesite melts was studied with elevated temperature–pressure experiments to investigate
the rates and time spans over which vapor bubbles may enlarge and attain sufficient buoyancy to segregate in magmatic systems.
Bubble growth and segregation are also considered in terms of classical steady-state and transient (non-steady-state) ripening
theory. Experimental results are consistent with diffusive coarsening as the dominant mechanism of bubble growth. Ripening
is faster in experiments saturated with pure H2O than in those with a CO2-rich mixed vapor probably due to faster diffusion of H2O than CO2 through the melt. None of the experimental series followed the time1/3 increase in mean bubble radius and time−1 decrease in bubble number density predicted by classical steady-state ripening theory. Instead, products are interpreted
as resulting from transient regime ripening. Application of transient regime theory suggests that bubbly magmas may require
from days to 100 years to reach steady-state ripening conditions. Experimental results, as well as theory for steady-state
ripening of bubbles that are immobile or undergoing buoyant ascent, indicate that diffusive coarsening efficiently eliminates
micron-sized bubbles and would produce mm-sized bubbles in 102–104 years in crustal magma bodies. Once bubbles attain mm-sizes, their calculated ascent rates are sufficient that they could
transit multiple kilometers over hundreds to thousands of years through mafic and silicic melt, respectively. These results
show that diffusive coarsening can facilitate transfer of volatiles through, and from, magmatic systems by creating bubbles
sufficiently large for rapid ascent. |
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