**************************************************************** From: Yan Lavallée <lavallee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> **************************************************************** Hi folks, this is a last minute reminder about the special session on "Session V34: Flow and Fracture of Magma: Bringing Together Experimentation, Modelling and Monitoring".Studies in this field are thriving and we count on your contribution to supplement two most excellent, invited presentations by Peter Sammonds and Steve McNutt; book your ticket now, the show promises to be very exciting again this year! Magma is ductile, magma is brittle. Structural analysis of volcanic conduit margins and the interior of lava domes reveals a wide spectrum of behaviour from slow, fluid-like deformation to rapid, brittle fracturing and progressive development of fault gauges. It is increasingly apparent that this contrasting rheological behaviour plays a key role in controlling ascent dynamics, eruption styles and monitored indicators of unrest, especially since we now have experimental proof that high-temperature magma fracture is seismogenic. This new evidence suggests that careful monitoring of seismicity, ground deformation and degassing can potentially be used to track the transition from ductile to brittle flow behaviour, and therefore to forecast the transitions of eruptive styles. We propose a multidisciplinary session in which field observations, laboratory experiments, multi-parameter modelling and numerical simulations will improve our understanding of magma ascent and eruptive processes, with the aim of developing a viable eruption forecast method. This session aims to draw together multi-disciplinary contributions in order to illuminate new approaches, methodologies and results. We encourage a diverse range of submissions encompassing magma rheology and fracture mechanics, textural studies, conduit dynamics, lava dome growth, brittle-ductile structures, multi-parameter modelling and forecasting methods. Your hosts and friends, Yan Lavallée LMU-Munich lavallee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hugh Tuffen Lancaster University h.tuffen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Alina Hale Australian Computational Earth Systems Simulator alinah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Arthur Jolly GNS Science A.Jolly@xxxxxxxxxx ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
