Assistant Prof @wlunews. Formerly @EPS_McGill, @EarthSciCam, & @Gates_Cambridge. magma, metals, subduction zones 🌋🧪🪨🛰️🖥️🇮🇩. he/him.
Lexington, VA
Joined October 2010
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I’m really pleased to share the publication of our collaborative study on Slamet volcano!
This work was the culmination of my PhD, and represents a big step forward in our understanding of Slamet’s melt storage and eruptive potential:
sciencedirect.com/science/ar… – at Lexington, VA
ALT Schematic figure from a scientific paper. Shows the magma plumbing system of a volcano, with representations of magma made by elongate ellipses that are colored according to their composition. The composition of olivine minerals is shown in cartoon form, demonstrating what magma plumbing processes transport specific subsets of the olivine crystal cargo to particular eruptive vents.
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Interested in the effect (or lack thereof) of CO2 on magma chamber dynamics? PhD candidate Kate Scholz just published her work about this here: doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011151 Congrats, Kate!
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The new bible of layered intrusions is out! Fundamentals and controversial issues. Check it out in Earth-Science Reviews @kuleuven_fwet
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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We’re getting codes donated faster than we can share them!
If you’ve been trying to migrate to where the skies are blue, we’d be happy to welcome you.
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- Reykjanes eruption continues at a lower intensity from confined craters
- Magma source interpreted to be from Svartsengi where it's been accumulating since 2020
- Lava area estimated 3.7 km2 and hasn't grown much since the first night of the eruption
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Eldgos er hafið norðan við Grindavík. Það sést á vefmyndavéĺum og virðast vera staðsett nærri Hagafelli. Eldgosið hófst kl. 22.17 í kjölfar skjálftahrinu sem hófst um kl. 21 vedur.is/um-vi/frettir/jards…
ALT Photo: Halldór Björnsson/Veðurstofa Íslands
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You've heard of the Pacific Ring of Fire. But you haven't heard of the Southeast Asian Ring of Fire! That's because we're defining it for the first time in our new blog post. We think these two features are distinct in important ways - check it out (link in my bio).
⭐️ JOB ALERT ⭐️
Looking to build your teaching portfolio? Conduct research in a small college? Then come work with me!
We are hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor: open to all areas of geoscience! Check out the link & reach out to me with questions 😊
apply.interfolio.com/137611 – at Virginia, USA
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Sunset panorama above the Tengger Caldera, Bromo🌋 and the village of Cemara Lawang, East Java🇮🇩 today 16th December.
In the Tengger caldera a thick layer of valley fog is present.
In the background Semeru volcano🌋, the highest mountain (3676m) on Java, erupting a brief plume of volcanic ash.
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Former @EarthSciCam PhD researcher @volcannick is invited to #AGU23 to present his work on 'Data driven investigations of subduction zone magmas' @NERC_COMET
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“The principle of mass balance is simply: some of it, plus the rest of it, equals all of it.”—Stormer, Jr. and Nicholls (1978)
Our mass balance calculator "LIME" is officially published! 🍋💻
Prissel, Olive, and Krawczynski (2023) G-cubed open access: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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Interested in what we know and don't know about magma storage depths along the Cascade arc? Check out our literature compilation just published in G3!
doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011025. TLDR - There is a lot of work to be done to understand high threat volcanoes!
ALT Screenshot of G3 cover page. Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints on Magma Storage Depths Along the Cascade Arc: Knowns and Unknowns. Penny E. Wieser1,2 , Adam J. R. Kent2 , Christy B. Till3 , and Geoff A. Abers4
ALT Figure showing a map of the cascdae arc on the left with each volcano and its threat score, and a table on the right showing what constraints are available.
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Ongoing #eruption of #Ulawun #volcano (#PapuaNewGuinea) clearly detected amid tropical convection by the @JMA_kishou #Himawari8 SO₂ RGB product (yellow/orange = upper-level SO₂). Emissions continuing as of 15:40 UTC/Nov 20. Largest Ulawun eruption since 2019.
Credit: @CIRA_CSU
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📢 New paper alert! Alerte nouvel article! Very happy to see our paper published in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 🌋
doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores…
@africamuseumbe @VUBrussel @Unigom_RDC
@MatthieuKervyn
#Nyiragongo #Goma #Evacuation #Eruption
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NEW: Ever since magma rose toward Grindavík - then paused - some have asked: how have the peninsula’s eruptions gone from spectacles to potential disasters?
Here’s why answering that, and forecasting what will happen next, is difficult.
Me, for @WIRED wired.com/story/iceland-volc…
Big thanks to my coauthors @Sophiolite, @FlixBosch, Marie Edmonds, Agung Harijoko, and Haryo Wibowo 😊
Also thanks to @Gates_Cambridge, @NERC_COMET, and @EarthSciCam for funding.
And shout out to @Penny_Wieser, Károly Nemeth, and Pablo Samaniegio for their helpful comments! – at Lexington, VA
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Getting the *Viewing the Rock World* Thin Section Viewer ready to go into the field with a custom protective case! I'll post the 3D printing files on my website shortly if anyone making the viewer wants to print one: matthewtarling.github.io
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New paper! How do texture and composition affect volcanic ash morphology? This paper examines that question using ash particles from the maar complex of Lamongan Volcanic Field (LVF), East Java, Indonesia.
More here: doi.org/10.30909/vol.06.02.4…
