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MAGMA BASALTIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 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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Record 2 2003-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Petrography
CONT

In the earliest stages of extension, both the basaltic and granitic magmas tend to be more alkaline ..., and with advancing extension and continental breakup they become less alkaline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

La composition chimique influence la fluidité des magmas. Les magmas basaltiques [...], qui sont les plus basiques, ont une point de fusion plus haut, mais leurs laves sont plus liquides [...] Les autres magmas sont d'autant moins fluides qu'ils sont plus acides; leurs laves sont plus visqueuses [...]

CONT

Les dorsales océaniques sont les zones où les plaques se créent par cristallisation du magma basaltique remonté du manteau.

Spanish

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