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ANDESITE MAGMA [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

Andesitic magmas erupt in areas above subduction zones. This suggests a relationship between the production of andesitic magma and subduction.

OBS

andesite magma: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

[...] à partir d'un magma originellement basaltique, la différenciation magmatique tend à produire un magma andésitique ou rhyolitique au sommet du réservoir magmatique, alors que les minéraux les moins fusibles cristallisent en profondeur sous forme de batholites de roches très riches en éléments ferromagnésiens.

OBS

magma andésitique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

The typical eruption of Mt. Merapi is not a vertical, sudden burst into the sky, because of the type of its basalt-andesite magma, which is not so thick.

OBS

basaltic andesite magma: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

Les conditions pré-éruptives des magmas des ignimbrites Curacautín et Pucón sont caractérisées par des températures typiques de magmas andésito-basaltiques (1050-1150 ºC), tandis que l'étude minéralogique de l'ignimbrite Licán indique [...] des températures plus basses (950 ºC) [...]

Key term(s)
  • magma andésitobasaltique

Spanish

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