Magmatic diapirism in the continental crust

M. Vynnycky, M. O'Brien

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Abstract

We formulate a mathematical model for the ascent of large volumes of hot buoyant magma through the Earth's continental crust. We discuss the model's qualitative features, as well as potential difficulties that may arise in solving the model equations numerically.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNumerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics - International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2009, ICNAAM-2009
Pages1446-1449
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
EventInternational Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2009, ICNAAM-2009 - Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Duration: 18 Sep 200922 Sep 2009

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1168
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2009, ICNAAM-2009
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRethymno, Crete
Period18/09/0922/09/09

Keywords

  • Diapir
  • Magma

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