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Magma is defined as a molten rock, which behaves as a viscous liquid generated mu ...ogy presented deployed such bodies depends on the viscosity, the amount of magma available, the list of regional efforts and magmas own composition. They ca

...emical stratigraphy of the Parana lavas (South America): classification of magma types and their spatial distribution: Bull. Volcanol, v. 55, p. 119–139.< Furthermore, studies based in the morphology of different magma types and the facies architecture<ref name=Lima_2012>Lima, E. F., B. L .Wai

...nomenon of sea-floor spreading. Mid-Oceanic Ridge (MOR) is the place where magma from below the Earth emerges and crystallizes as oceanic crust. The spreadi Due to interaction with seawater, magma crystallizes as pillow lava with basalt composition. Oceanic crust is not h

...at occurred in the complex basin that experienced a breakthrough either by magma activity (Establishment Pluton) or core metamorphosis process. Beginning a

...a and lateral expansion into the overlying stratigraphic levels, where the magma head exceeds the pressure of the overlying rock stratum. • Flow direction of paleo magma

...eating pockets, or inclusions, of surrounding melts that are indicative of magma at specific pressures and temperatures. This essentially forms a time-capsu ...o far been used in [[igneous]] rocks to estimate cooling temperatures of [[magma]] from zircon crystals dated to the [[Hadean]] age (>4.0 Ga). Low crystalli

...ent <ref> http://geology.com/usgs/gold-prospecting/convergent-boundary-and-magma.jpg </ref>]] ...a continent has a lot of results. Deep in the subduction zone [[igneous]] magma is generated and rises to the surface to form volcanoes, that build into a

...une 1991, Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, ejected 10 billion metric tonnes of magma and 20 million tonnes of SO2 for over 15,000 meters high into the atmospher