Minerals, inclusions and volcanic processes

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction to Minerals, Inclusions and Volcanic Processes
2. Experimental Studies of the Kinetics and Energetics of Magma Crystallization
3. Thermometers and Barometers for Volcanic Systems
4. Thermometers and Thermobarometers in Granitic Systems
5. Fluid Inclusion Thermobarometry as a Tracer for Magmatic Processes
6. Petrologic Reconstruction of Magmatic System Variables and Processes
7. Magma Ascent Rates
8. Melt Inclusions in Basaltic and Related Volcanic Rocks
9. Interpreting H2O and CO2 Contents in Melt Inclusions: Constraints from Solubility Experiments and Modeling
10. Volatile Abundances in Basaltic Magmas and Their Degassing Paths Tracked by Melt Inclusions
11. Inter- and Intracrystalline Isotopic Disequilibria: Techniques and Applications
12. Oxygen Isotopes in Mantle and Crustal Magmas as Revealed by Single Crystal Analysis
13. Uranium-series Crystal Ages
14. Time Scales of Magmatic Processes from Modeling the Zoning Patterns of Crystals
15. Mineral Textures and Zoning as Evidence for Open System Processes
16. Decryption of Igneous Rock Textures: Crystal Size Distribution Tools
17. Deciphering Magma Chamber Dynamics from Styles of Compositional Zoning in Large Silicic Ash Flow Sheets

Volume 69 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry covers the fundamental issues of volcanology: At what depths are eruptions triggered, and over what time scales? Where and why do magmas coalesce before ascent? If magmas stagnate for thousands of years, what forces are responsible for initiating final ascent, or the degassing processes that accelerate upward motion? To the extent that we can answer these questions, we move towards formulating tests of mechanistic models of volcanic eruptions (e.g., Wilson, 1980; Slezin, 2003; Scandone et al., 2007), and hypotheses of the tectonic controls on magma transport (e.g., ten Brink and Brocher, 1987; Takada, 1994; Putirka and Busby, 2007). Our goal, in part, is to review how minerals can be used to understand volcanic systems and the processes that shape them; we also hope that this work will spur new and integrated studies of volcanic systems.