V43D:
Glass and Stone Cavities in Minerals: Melt Inclusions at 160 Years Posters
V43D:
Glass and Stone Cavities in Minerals: Melt Inclusions at 160 Years Posters
Glass and Stone Cavities in Minerals: Melt Inclusions at 160 Years Posters
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Session ID#: 46108
Session Description:
Melt inclusions are small pockets of a former melt enclosed in minerals. The first detailed description of melt inclusions with a rigorous geological and petrological context was in the 19th century by Sorby (1858). Sorby referred to melt inclusions containing glass as glass-cavities and those containing multiple crystalline phases as stone-cavities. In the last forty years, melt inclusions have been increasingly studied and widely used in many applications, becoming a universally accepted technique in mineralogy, geochemistry, and magmatic and metamorphic petrology. Because 2018 is 160 years since Sorby published his ground-breaking contribution, this session aims to celebrate the fundamental role that melt inclusions have played, currently play, and will play in the Earth and Space Sciences. We particularly encourage contributions on post-entrapment modifications, on analytical and experimental tools and techniques, and on the geochemical evolution of magmatic and metamorphic systems and extraterrestrial materials.
Primary Convener: Rosario Esposito, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
Conveners: Omar Bartoli, Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Padova, Italy, Rosario Esposito, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States and James D Webster, Curator - Div Physical Science, New York, NY, United States
Primary Liaison: Rosario Esposito, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
Chairs: Omar Bartoli, Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Padova, Italy and Rosario Esposito, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
OSPA Liaison: Omar Bartoli, Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Padova, Italy
Index Terms:
1036 Magma chamber processes [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1043 Fluid and melt inclusion geochemistry [GEOCHEMISTRY]
8430 Volcanic gases [VOLCANOLOGY]
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Volatile contents of western Aleutian magmas and their relationship to slab thermal structure (453565)
Volatile Element Systematics of Effusive and Explosive Basaltic Magmatic Activity at Masaya Volcano (419433)
See more of: Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
