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Blanchette et al. 2004
Blanchette, F., Peacock, T. and Bush, J.W.M. (2004). The Boycott effect in magma chambers. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2003GL019235. issn: 0094-8276.

We investigate the plausibility of the stratified Boycott effect as a source of layering in magma chambers. Crystal settling within the magma chamber will generate buoyant fluid near the sloping sidewalls whose vertical ascent may be limited by the ambient stratification associated with vertical gradients in SiO2. The resulting flow may be marked by a layered structure, each layer taking the form of a convection cell spanning the lateral extent of the magma chamber. Using parameters relevant to magma chambers, we estimate that such convection cells would be established over a timescale of a month and have a depth on the order of 4m, which is roughly consistent with field observations of strata within solidified chambers.

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Tectonophysics, Physics of magma and magma bodies, Volcanology, Lava rheology and morphology, Volcanology, Physics and chemistry of magma bodies
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Geophysical Research Letters
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