My research focusses on magma chamber dynamics beneath continental arc volcanos. I use geochemical, petrological and numerical tools to understand the length and time scale on which physical and chemcial processes modify the residing magma.

In my current project I am integrating the information from the different tools to obtain a more coherent picture for a single volcanic system, Volcan Quizapu, Central Chile. This volcano produced the largest historic eruptions in the Chilean Andes. It comprises a rare case, in which a voluminous effusive lava (1846 AD) was followed by an equally voluminous plinian eruption (1932 AD) of similar composition.

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