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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · 16d

As part of this paper, Katie Schofield (PhD student at Durham University) unravelled the crystallization history of this sample from the Adamello massif to show how melt fraction evolved. It's exactly that kind of mush seize-up at low melt fraction that our model is built to predict.

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · 16d

New paper! The last of Eloïse Bretagne's PhD papers is out! Here we generalize our models for permeability to magma mush at any melt fraction. Take a look if you want to model percolative flow of melt through a magma mush and if you want to account for crystal shape.
OA: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · 16d

No papers. But a small group of us are working on the physics of the pyroclastic emplacement model - it's hard to imagine a viscous liquid getting into all those tiny cracks. Interested in having a discussion about it?

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Annabelle Foster @geologytalk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Big news (& a little late in posting)…last month I defended my thesis and I’m now Dr Foster! 🩺🌋

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Annabelle Foster @geologytalk.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’m SO grateful for the support throughout, but especially over the last two years, & to my supervisors @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social, @htuffen.bsky.social & Madeleine. A huge thank you to my examiners @richardjbrown.bsky.social & @volcanologist.bsky.social for helping me end on such a high!

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jul 24

#Sintering

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jul 22

The first few days of Melts Glasses Magmas short course taught. Excited to have covered glass and melt structure and properties, up to and including brittle unrelaxed melt rupture due to viscoelasticity.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jul 18

Tell me you’re working on bubble growth in magmas without telling me you’re working on bubble growth in magmas.

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Annabelle Foster @geologytalk.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚀New paper -> doi.org/10.1088/1361...

A fun, left-field project with the Earth Sci crew at @durhamearthsci.bsky.social: we built & tested projectile motion datasets for teaching physics, complete with experiments & code. Lovely to see my illustrations published too!

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jul 11

Congratulations to @geologytalk.bsky.social on passing her viva! Thanks to @richardjbrown.bsky.social and @volcanologist.bsky.social for examining! 🎉👌🍻💫 #ProudSupervisor #Sintering

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Rock Lab Strasbourg @rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social · Jul 9

Discussing Forchheimer and Klinkenberg corrections for permeability data with @annathrl.bsky.social, who is currently visiting Strasbourg to measure her many dome samples! 🌋
@fabianwadsworth.bsky.social

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jul 7

Colin Rennie is an artist I'm thrilled to be working with. Check out his page here where he lays out the elements of our ongoing collaboration around the mysterious material: obsidian.
www.colinrennie.co.uk/research

Research — colin rennie

www.colinrennie.co.uk

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david zhang @jz-volc.bsky.social · Jul 4

hello hi i am presenting a poster #IAVCEI2025 (session 3.4) on long-lasting ashy rhyolite eruptions esp. in Iceland, come chat come come

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jul 3

Go chat with @alicerpaine.bsky.social about our work comparing plumes in moderately large explosive eruptions with those rare and exceptional magnitude 8 events.

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Rock Lab Strasbourg @rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social · Jul 3

If you’re interested in hydrothermal sealing and explosions, check out my #IAVCEI25 @iavcei.bsky.social poster today! Number 29! 🌋

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jul 1

I remain obsessed by sintering processes. Here’s Julia talking about sintering of crystal-bearing granular materials with implications for silicic eruptions.

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jul 1

Bravo to @frankiehaywood.bsky.social and to Patrick Sullivan both for presenting at IAVCEI. I’m really excited about both of these projects.

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Rock Lab Strasbourg @rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social · Jun 27

New paper in Volcanica looks at the thermal properties of rhyolites from Havre volcano, a submarine volcano in the Kermadec arc (Pacific Ocean)! 🌋

With Rebecca Carey, @smitchellscience.bsky.social, and @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social

It's diamond open access 👇

doi.org/10.30909/vol...

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jun 10

New article: how can we use projectile motion experiments in a classroom to teach physics and maths? Here are some suggested exercises: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Projectile motion: experimental datasets and classroom exercises - IOPscienceSearch

Projectile motion: experimental datasets and classroom exercises, Wadsworth, Fabian B, Vasseur, Jérémie, Foster, Annabelle, Smith, Alex P W, Byatt, Nathan A, Allgood, Ceri, Loisel, Ariane, Bintang, Fa...

iopscience.iop.org

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · Jun 9

@thatcubfan135.bsky.social what’s the best way to contact you about a collaboration between Minecraft aficionados and volcanoes science (to do with obsidian specifically)?

Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · May 31

Fun workshop at Lehigh University on bubble nucleation processes with some fantastic research on show. Thanks to everyone who came.

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · May 24

Super successful and fascinating trip with @annathrl.bsky.social and @frankiehaywood.bsky.social. It’s a joy to work with such brilliant and thoughtful collaborators and students.

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · May 20

With @annathrl.bsky.social and @frankiehaywood.bsky.social doing more experiments and measurements at LMU.

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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social · May 20

Fluid flow streamlines through a bed of packed ground coffee from @squaremilecoffee.bsky.social.

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Anna Theurel @annathrl.bsky.social · May 8

On the road again (or should I say in the air again)! Off to @unistra.fr first and then a few weeks in @lmumuenchen.bsky.social !
It's worth at least a Punk with a view.
See you there @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social @frankiehaywood.bsky.social 🌋🌼

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