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An Investigation of the Rheology and Flow Behaviour of Vesicular Magmas and Lavas

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
28 August 2026
Topic
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Summary

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. We aim to conduct an in-depth study of the rheology and flow dynamics of foams and bubble suspensions in Newtonian liquids with gas volume fraction in the range 0 to 75% and to apply the results to the flow of vesicular magmas and lavas in various confined and unconfined geometries. We will determine shear and bulk viscosity and viscoelastic properties as a function of bubble concentration and size-distribution. Foam breakdown under shear, flow down slopes and along pipes will be investigated by experiments and numerical models. Results will be applied to magma flow along dykes and up conduits and lava flows down slopes

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Date added
28 August 2026
Harvest GUID
9df8df52-d6b3-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Dataset reference date (creation)
1996-10-01
Frequency of update
notApplicable
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Responsible party
University of Bristol (principalInvestigator); British Geological Survey (distributor, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
nonGeographicDataset
Metadata language
eng

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