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How do crystal-rich magmas outgas?

Julie Oppenheimer, Katharine Cashman, Alison Rust, Bjornar Sandnes Orcid Logo

Geophysical Research Abstracts 16, EGU2014, Volume: 16, Issue: 10519

Swansea University Author: Bjornar Sandnes Orcid Logo

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Crystals can occupy ∼0 to 100% of the total magma volume, but their role in outgassing remains poorly understood.In particular, the upper half of this spectrum – when the particles touch – involves complex flow behavioursthat inevitably affect the geometry and rate of gas migration.We use analogue e...

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Theexperiments are performed horizontally, so buoyancy does not intervene, and the suspensions are allowed to expandlaterally. Gas flow regimes are mapped out for two sets of experiments: foams generated by chemical reactions,and single air bubbles injected into the particle suspension.Chemically induced bubble nucleation and growth throughout the suspension gradually generated a foam andallowed observations of bubble growth and migration as the foam developed. High particle fractions, close tothe random maximum packing, reduced foam expansion (i.e. promoted outgassing). In the early phases of theexperiments, they caused a flushing of bubbles from the system which did not occur at low crystal contents. 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spelling 2016-08-04T14:13:22.2354591 v2 21348 2015-05-13 How do crystal-rich magmas outgas? 61c7c04b5c804d9402caf4881e85234b 0000-0002-4854-5857 Bjornar Sandnes Bjornar Sandnes true false 2015-05-13 CHEG Crystals can occupy ∼0 to 100% of the total magma volume, but their role in outgassing remains poorly understood.In particular, the upper half of this spectrum – when the particles touch – involves complex flow behavioursthat inevitably affect the geometry and rate of gas migration.We use analogue experiments to examine the role of high particle concentrations on outgassing mechanisms.Mixtures of sugar syrup and glass beads are squeezed between two glass plates to allow observations in 2D. Theexperiments are performed horizontally, so buoyancy does not intervene, and the suspensions are allowed to expandlaterally. Gas flow regimes are mapped out for two sets of experiments: foams generated by chemical reactions,and single air bubbles injected into the particle suspension.Chemically induced bubble nucleation and growth throughout the suspension gradually generated a foam andallowed observations of bubble growth and migration as the foam developed. High particle fractions, close tothe random maximum packing, reduced foam expansion (i.e. promoted outgassing). In the early phases of theexperiments, they caused a flushing of bubbles from the system which did not occur at low crystal contents. Highparticle fractions also led to melt segregation and phase re-arrangements, eventually focusing gas escape throughconnected channels.A more in-depth study of particle-bubble interactions was carried out for single bubbles expanding in a mush.These show a clear change in behaviour close to the limit for loose maximum packing of dry beads, determinedexperimentally. At concentrations below loose packing, gas expands in a fingering pattern, characterized by asteady advance of widening lobes. This transits to a “pseudo-fracturing” regime at or near loose packing, wherebygas advances at a point, often in an episodic manner, and outgases with little to no bulk expansion. However,before they can degas, pseudo-fractures typically build up larger internal gas pressures. As with foams, phasere-arrangements appear central to this change in behaviour: pseudo-fracture penetration causes a compaction ofparticles in the vicinity of the gas, and segregation of syrup toward the edges of the experiment. Further increasingthe crystal fraction causes rigid or locked particle networks, and bubbles grow through filter pressing, segregatingthe liquid from the particle phase without dislocating the particle network. These regime transitions are dominantlycontrolled by particle fractions, while other factors such as viscosity and gas flow rate play minor roles.We hypothesize that particle networks that form at such high solid fractions provide further resistance to bubblegrowth. In doing so, however, they offer an alternative: bubbles can grow through local particle re-arrangements,with minimal disruption to the rest of the suspension. To conclude, degassing in crystalline magmas involve complexunderlying dynamics: although high particle concentrations increase magma viscosity, which could promotebubble overpressure and fragmentation, with sufficient time crystals may promote phase re-arrangements thatfavour open system degassing and therefore limit bulk expansion. Conference Paper/Proceeding/Abstract Geophysical Research Abstracts 16, EGU2014 16 10519 Magma flow, granular material, fracturing, multiphase, capillary interactions 31 12 2014 2014-12-31 COLLEGE NANME Chemical Engineering COLLEGE CODE CHEG Swansea University 2016-08-04T14:13:22.2354591 2015-05-13T10:32:52.3036231 Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Chemical Engineering Julie Oppenheimer 1 Katharine Cashman 2 Alison Rust 3 Bjornar Sandnes 0000-0002-4854-5857 4
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description Crystals can occupy ∼0 to 100% of the total magma volume, but their role in outgassing remains poorly understood.In particular, the upper half of this spectrum – when the particles touch – involves complex flow behavioursthat inevitably affect the geometry and rate of gas migration.We use analogue experiments to examine the role of high particle concentrations on outgassing mechanisms.Mixtures of sugar syrup and glass beads are squeezed between two glass plates to allow observations in 2D. Theexperiments are performed horizontally, so buoyancy does not intervene, and the suspensions are allowed to expandlaterally. Gas flow regimes are mapped out for two sets of experiments: foams generated by chemical reactions,and single air bubbles injected into the particle suspension.Chemically induced bubble nucleation and growth throughout the suspension gradually generated a foam andallowed observations of bubble growth and migration as the foam developed. High particle fractions, close tothe random maximum packing, reduced foam expansion (i.e. promoted outgassing). In the early phases of theexperiments, they caused a flushing of bubbles from the system which did not occur at low crystal contents. Highparticle fractions also led to melt segregation and phase re-arrangements, eventually focusing gas escape throughconnected channels.A more in-depth study of particle-bubble interactions was carried out for single bubbles expanding in a mush.These show a clear change in behaviour close to the limit for loose maximum packing of dry beads, determinedexperimentally. At concentrations below loose packing, gas expands in a fingering pattern, characterized by asteady advance of widening lobes. This transits to a “pseudo-fracturing” regime at or near loose packing, wherebygas advances at a point, often in an episodic manner, and outgases with little to no bulk expansion. However,before they can degas, pseudo-fractures typically build up larger internal gas pressures. As with foams, phasere-arrangements appear central to this change in behaviour: pseudo-fracture penetration causes a compaction ofparticles in the vicinity of the gas, and segregation of syrup toward the edges of the experiment. Further increasingthe crystal fraction causes rigid or locked particle networks, and bubbles grow through filter pressing, segregatingthe liquid from the particle phase without dislocating the particle network. These regime transitions are dominantlycontrolled by particle fractions, while other factors such as viscosity and gas flow rate play minor roles.We hypothesize that particle networks that form at such high solid fractions provide further resistance to bubblegrowth. In doing so, however, they offer an alternative: bubbles can grow through local particle re-arrangements,with minimal disruption to the rest of the suspension. To conclude, degassing in crystalline magmas involve complexunderlying dynamics: although high particle concentrations increase magma viscosity, which could promotebubble overpressure and fragmentation, with sufficient time crystals may promote phase re-arrangements thatfavour open system degassing and therefore limit bulk expansion.
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