Quantative Studies of Submarine Lava Flow Morphology

这项研究将开发推断侵位的方法 海底熔岩流的条件基于其表面 形态和纹理，使用实验室模拟，建模和 绘制海底水流图。 实验室实验将使用 聚乙二醇在冷蔗糖罐中模拟硅酸盐 熔岩 疏浚样本将用于估计喷发率 从它们的晶体含量和流变性质流动。 的 结果将最终导致脊的约束模型 进化

This study will develop methods for inferring the emplacement conditions of submarine lava flows based on their surface morphology and texture, using laboratory simulations, modeling and mapping of undersea flows. Laboratory experiments will use polyethylene glycol in tanks of cold sucrose to simulate silicate lavas. Dredge samples will be used to estimate eruption rates of flows from their crystal content and rheological properties. The results will ultimately lead to constraining models of ridge evolution.