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    Nature of Magma

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    Magma has three main components - a liquid portion made of molten or semi-molten rock, a solid portion of crystallized minerals as the magma cools, and a gaseous portion of vaporized materials like water, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. The high temperature and pressure keeps the magma in a liquid state underground, and the gases provide the driving force for volcanic eruptions as the magma rises and the pressure decreases. As a volcano continues erupting, it grows larger through lava flows and ash deposits forming at the surface from the magma.

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    Magma has three main components - a liquid portion made of molten or semi-molten rock, a solid portion of crystallized minerals as the magma cools, and a gaseous portion of vaporized materials like water, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. The high temperature and pressure keeps the magma in a liquid state underground, and the gases provide the driving force for volcanic eruptions as the magma rises and the pressure decreases. As a volcano continues erupting, it grows larger through lava flows and ash deposits forming at the surface from the magma.

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    Magma has three main components - a liquid portion made of molten or semi-molten rock, a solid portion of crystallized minerals as the magma cools, and a gaseous portion of vaporized materials like water, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. The high temperature and pressure keeps the magma in a liquid state underground, and the gases provide the driving force for volcanic eruptions as the magma rises and the pressure decreases. As a volcano continues erupting, it grows larger through lava flows and ash deposits forming at the surface from the magma.

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    Magma has three main components - a liquid portion made of molten or semi-molten rock, a solid portion of crystallized minerals as the magma cools, and a gaseous portion of vaporized materials like water, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. The high temperature and pressure keeps the magma in a liquid state underground, and the gases provide the driving force for volcanic eruptions as the magma rises and the pressure decreases. As a volcano continues erupting, it grows larger through lava flows and ash deposits forming at the surface from the magma.

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    Nature of Magma

    Magma

    Magma is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all


    igneous rocks are formed.
    The 3 Main Components of
    Magma
    Liquid Portion

    • Liquid rock – hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth’s
    surface.
    • Composed of : silicon (Si), oxygen (O) , aluminum (Al), iron (Fe),
    calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg)
    Solid Portion

    • the crystallized portions of the melt as magma cools – precipitating


    various silicate minerals.
    Gaseous Portion

    • Volatiles – created from vaporizing materials at the Earth’s surface


    (H20, CO2 and SO2)
    How do these 3 components
    affect or influence the
    movement of the magma and
    How each component behaves
    as the magma moves towards
    the surface.
    • The high temperatures and pressure under Earth’s crust keep magma
    in its fluid state. Due to magma’s high pressure under Earth’s crust,
    magma can push through holes or cracks in the crust, causing a
    volcanic eruption.

    • Magma contains dissolved gasses, which provide the driving force


    that causes most volcanic eruptions. As magma rises towards the
    surface and pressure decreases, gases are released from the liquid
    portion of the magma (melt) and continue to travel upward and are
    eventually released into the atmosphere.

    • Volcanoes are formed when magma from within the Earth’s upper
    mantle works its way to the surface. At the surface, it erupts to form
    lava flows and ash deposits. Over time as the volcano continues to
    erupt, it will get bigger and bigger.
    Liquid Component of Magma
    • The high temperatures and pressure under Earth’s crust keep magma
    in its fluid state. Due to magma’s high pressure under Earth’s crust,
    magma can push through holes or cracks in the crust, causing a
    volcanic eruption.
    Gaseous Component of Magma
    • Magma contains dissolved gasses, which provide the driving force
    that causes most volcanic eruptions. As magma rises towards the
    surface and pressure decreases, gases are released from the liquid
    portion of the magma (melt) and continue to travel upward and are
    eventually released into the atmosphere.
    Solid Components of Magma
    • Volcanoes are formed when magma from within the Earth’s upper
    mantle works its way to the surface. At the surface, it erupts to form
    lava flows and ash deposits. Over time as the volcano continues to
    erupt, it will get bigger and bigger.
    Why is silicon-tetrahedra the
    building block of silicate
    minerals?
    • Silicon tetrahedra is the building block of silicate minerals it’s
    because it is the fundamental component of most silicates in the
    Earth’s crust.
    • Silicate minerals are rock-forming minerals which make up
    approximately 90 percent of the Earth’s crust.

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