GMPV5.6
Magma transport in the crust: dykes and sills
Co-organized as SM6.8
Convener: Jennifer Woods | Co-conveners: David Neave, Robert S White
Orals
| Mon, 08 Apr, 14:00–15:45
 
Room D2
Posters
| Attendance Mon, 08 Apr, 16:15–18:00
 
Hall X2

We invite multidisciplinary contributions - both observational (seismology, geodetics, geobarometry etc.) and modelling (computational, analogue etc.) - on magma transport in the crust through dykes and sills. Understanding dykes and sills is vital as they serve both as the conduits that feed eruptions (and must be monitored to evaluate volcanic hazards), and as the bodies that build the crust. Although considerable uncertainties in our understanding of magma plumbing systems remain, recent events in Iceland (2014 Bárðarbunga-Holuhraun rifting event) have demonstrated how progress can be made by combining diverse observations from traditionally distinct disciplines.