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"The pluton-volcano connection: Integrating processes, volumes and time scales in magma plumbing systems"

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM    more  Organization address address: STOCKTON ROAD THE PALATINE CENTRE city: DURHAM postcode: DH1 3LE contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Wendy Cognome: Harle Email: send email Telefono: +44 191 33 44635
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	209˙033 €
EC contributo	209˙033 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF
Funding Scheme	MC-IIF
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-06-01   -   2014-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM  Organization address address: STOCKTON ROAD THE PALATINE CENTRE city: DURHAM postcode: DH1 3LE contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Wendy Cognome: Harle Email: send email Telefono: +44 191 33 44635	UK (DURHAM)	coordinator	209˙033.40

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Volcanoes frequently affect our lives and thus have been studied since people started living and farming on their nutrient-rich, ash-covered flanks. The processes that cause eruptions also control the compositions and volumes of erupted material and ultimately the eruption styles. These processes and the time scales at which they operate are not well understood. Part of the reason is that many processes controlling eruptions occur in magma reservoirs deep below the volcano. These reservoirs are not easily accessible until they are solidified forming plutons and exposed millions of years later, when volcanic cover rocks are removed through uplift and erosion. The proposed study will, for the first time, integrate research on a fully exposed magma plumbing system in Colorado, USA. Here, volcanic materials are juxtaposed with their plutonic equivalents. The broadly educated applicant, who has carried out field, geochronology and geochemistry studies of plutons in the USA, is teaming up with the host, who has focused his research on volcanic rocks worldwide. The idea is to converge their respective expertise and conduct an interdisciplinary, multilevel analytical study on both volcanic and plutonic rocks. Research will commence with field work, petrographic studies and determination of relative ages. The main element of this study employs novel mineral-scale analyses of crystals from both rock types. The recovery of geochemical information from single crystals, in particular, will be used to provide a record of the processes and timescales operating during magma evolution. The host institution at Durham University has built a state-of-the-art geochemical laboratory for single mineral studies where such detailed crystal scale information recorded during crystal growth can be deciphered. This international study is designed to enhance scientific exchange between the UK and USA, the quality of research and results, and to improve mutual training in the respective fields.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Researchers have compared rocks formed inside and outside of volcanoes to better understand how and when eruptions occur.