Charles LlJun 14, 20201 minIron behavior in lavas!Iron oxidation state in magmas is an important variable that allows volcanologist to better know the state of the magmatic system at...
Charles Le LosqMar 20, 20174 minThe molecular structure of silicate melts: how it influences their thermodynamic and rheological proWe saw in previous posts that magmas are constituted of a silicate melt, crystals and gas bubbles. At the molecular scale, silicate melts...
Charles Le LosqAug 4, 20163 minComportement of isotopes in silicate meltsIsotopes are elements that contain the same number of protons Z but different numbers of neutrons N. Because of the slight difference in...
Charles Le LosqJan 28, 20161 minMore on the environment of water in magmas!In addition to the work publish in American Mineralogist (see blog post from February 2015), we recently reported on the specific bonding...