Nanoscale dynamics of volcanic processes: Experimental insights and numerical simulations of explosive eruptions

Project Information

NANOVOLC

Grant agreement ID: 101044772

DOI

10.3030/101044772

EC signature date 23 November 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2027

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 073,39

EU contribution

€ 1 999 073,39

Coordinated by

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (17)

Magma titanium and iron contents dictate crystallization timescales and rheological behaviour in basaltic volcanic systems

Author(s): Fabrizio Di Fiore; Alessandro Vona; Danilo Di Genova; Alessio Pontesilli; Laura Calabrò; Silvio Mollo; Jacopo Taddeucci; Claudia Romano; Piergiorgio Scarlato
Published in: Communications Earth and Environment, 2024, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S43247-024-01452-1

A review of the differential scanning calorimetry shift–factor approach: Application to Colli Albani melt viscosity and implications for mafic Plinian eruptions

Author(s): E. Fanesi, D. Di Genova, P. Valdivia, D. Bondar, S. Dominijanni, S. Abeykoon, G. Giuliani, A. Kurnosov, G. Giordano, M. Cassetta, A. Vona, C. Romano, F. Arzilli
Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2025, ISSN 0377-0273
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108276

Kinetic partitioning of trace cations between zoned clinopyroxene and a variably cooled-decompressed alkali basalt: Thermodynamic considerations on lattice strain and electrostatic energies of substitution

Author(s): Silvio Mollo, Piergiorgio Moschini, Teresa Ubide, Alice MacDonald, Fracesco Vetere, Manuela Nazzari, Valeria Misiti, Nobuyoshi Miyajima, Caterina Melai, Danilo Di Genova, Alessandro Vona, Fabrizio Di Fiore, Claudia Romano
Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023, ISSN 0016-7037
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2023.10.012

Non-stoichiometric crystal nucleation in a spodumene glass containing TiO2 as seed former: Effects on the viscosity of the residual melt

Author(s): Alessio Zandon;Alex Scarani;Jessica Lschmann;Maria Rita Cicconi;Fabrizio Di Fiore;Dominique de Ligny;Joachim Deubener;Alessandro Vona;Mathieu Allix;Danilo Di Genova
Published in: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2023, ISSN 0022-3093
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122563

A review of the differential scanning calorimetry shift–factor approach: Application to Colli Albani melt viscosity and implications for mafic Plinian eruptions

Author(s): E. Fanesi, D. Di Genova, P. Valdivia, D. Bondar, S. Dominijanni, S. Abeykoon, G. Giuliani, A. Kurnosov, G. Giordano, M. Cassetta, A. Vona, C. Romano, F. Arzilli
Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2025, ISSN 0377-0273
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108276

Nanolite Crystallization in Volcanic Glasses: Insights From High‐Temperature Raman Spectroscopy and Low‐Temperature Rock‐Magnetic Analysis

Author(s): Dmitry Bondar, Aurèlien Canizarès, Dario Bilardello, Pedro Valdivia, Alessio Zandonà, Claudia Romano, Mathieu Allix, Danilo Di Genova
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 26, 2025, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2024GC011846

Nanoscale chemical heterogeneities control magma viscosity and failure

Author(s): Pedro Valdivia Munoz; Alessio Zandonà; Jessica Löschmann; Dmitry Bondar; Cécile Genevois; Aurélien Canizarès; Mathieu Allix; Nobuyoshi Miyajima; Alexander Kurnosov; Tiziana Boffa-Ballaran; Fabrizio Di Fiore; Alessandro Vona; Claudia Romano; Joachim Deubener; Emily Bamber; Danilo Di Genova
Published in: Crossref, 2024, ISSN 2693-5015
Publisher: Research Square
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-3891365/V1

Impact of cooling rate on rheology and emplacement dynamics of basaltic lavas: Insights from the January 2024 Sundhnúksgígar eruption (Iceland)

Author(s): Fabrizio Di Fiore, Alessandro Vona, Danilo Di Genova, Alberto Caracciolo, Alessio Pontesilli, Laura Calabrò, Gabriele Giuliani, Silvio Mollo, Dmitry Bondar, Manuela Nazzari, Claudia Romano, Piergiorgio Scarlato
Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2025, ISSN 0377-0273
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108400

The rheological evolution of a phonotephritic melt upon variable degrees of carbonate assimilation and deformation regimes

Author(s): Gabriele Giuliani, Danilo Di Genova, Fabrizio Di Fiore, Silvio Mollo, Serena Dominijanni, Chiara Maria Petrone, Claudia Romano, Alessandro Vona
Published in: Chemical Geology, Issue 680, 2025, ISSN 0009-2541
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122711

Intralaboratory calibration of the DSC shift-factor approach for melt viscosity determination: A case study on lead metasilicate glass

Author(s): Danilo Di Genova, Gabriele Giuliani, Sumith Abeykoon, Kajal Dadwal, Suruchi Sharma, Atul Khanna, Alessio Zandonà, Dmitry Bondar, Stefanie Meyer, Laura Calabrò, Serena Dominijanni, Joachim Deubener
Published in: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2025, ISSN 1873-4812
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2025.123709

Are volcanic melts less viscous than we thought? The case of Stromboli basalt

Author(s): Pedro Valdivia, Alessio Zandonà, Alexander Kurnosov, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Joachim Deubener, Danilo Di Genova
Published in: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Issue 178, 2023, ISSN 0010-7999
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S00410-023-02024-W

Nanoscale chemical heterogeneities control the viscosity of andesitic magmas

Author(s): Pedro Valdivia, Alessio Zandonà, Jessica Löschmann, Dmitry Bondar, Cécile Genevois, Aurélien Canizarès, Mathieu Allix, Nobuyoshi Miyajima, Alexander Kurnosov, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Fabrizio Di Fiore, Alessandro Vona, Claudia Romano, Joachim Deubener, Em
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, 2025, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02424-9

3D quantification of nanolites using X-ray ptychography reveals syn-eruptive nanocrystallisation impacts magma rheology

Author(s): Emily C. Bamber, Fabio Arzilli, Silvia Cipiccia, Darren J. Batey, Giuseppe La Spina, Margherita Polacci, Ali Gholinia, Heath Bagshaw, Danilo Di Genova, Richard Brooker, Daniele Giordano, Pedro Valdivia & Mike R. Burton
Published in: Nature Communications, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62444-z

Viscosity of anhydrous and hydrous peridotite melts

Author(s): Danilo Di Genova, Dmitry Bondar, Alessio Zandonà, Pedro Valdivia, Raschid Al-Mukadam, Hongzhan Fei, Anthony C. Withers, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Alexander Kurnosov, Catherine McCammon, Joachim Deubener, Tomoo Katsura
Published in: Chemical Geology, 2023, ISSN 0009-2541
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121440

Nanolite Crystallization in Volcanic Glasses: Insights From High‐Temperature Raman Spectroscopy and Low‐Temperature Rock‐Magnetic Analysis

Author(s): Dmitry Bondar, Aurèlien Canizarès, Dario Bilardello, Pedro Valdivia, Alessio Zandonà, Claudia Romano, Mathieu Allix, Danilo Di Genova
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 26, 2025, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2024GC011846

The effect of carbonate assimilation and nanoheterogeneities on the viscosity of phonotephritic melt from Vesuvius

Author(s): Gabriele Giuliani, Danilo Di Genova, Fabrizio Di Fiore, Pedro Valdivia, Silvio Mollo, Claudia Romano, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Alexander Kurnosov , Alessandro Vona
Published in: Chemical Geology, 2024, ISSN 0009-2541
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122408

Unique formation of organic glass from a human brain in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE

Author(s): Guido Giordano, Alessandra Pensa, Alessandro Vona, Danilo Di Genova, Raschid Al-Mukadam, Claudia Romano, Joachim Deubener, Alessandro Frontoni, PierPaolo Petrone
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-88894-5