@inproceedings{f5420126169443e6b1352a760c934d20,
title = "Exploding rocks",
abstract = "This modelling is motivated by recent experimental work, in which a vertical column of rock under large pressure is suddenly depressurised, so that it explodes, in a sequence of horizontal fractures that forms from the top down. The resulting blocks are lifted off and ejected. This experiment provides a framework for understanding the way in which catastrophic explosion can occur, and is motivated by the corresponding phenomenon of magmatic explosion during Vulcanian eruptions. We summarise a theoretical model built to describe these results, and show that it is capable of describing both the primary sequence of fracturing, and the secondary intra-block fracturing.",
keywords = "Fracturing, Magma fragmentation, Mathematical modelling, Theoretical model, Vulcanian eruptions",
author = "McGuinness, \{M. J.\} and Fowler, \{A. C.\} and B. Scheu and Lee, \{W. T.\}",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1063/1.3241365",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735407091",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "1442--1445",
booktitle = "Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics - International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2009, ICNAAM-2009",
note = "International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2009, ICNAAM-2009 ; Conference date: 18-09-2009 Through 22-09-2009",
}