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List of works by Frank J. Spera

A Metamodel for Crustal Magmatism: Phase Equilibria of Giant Ignimbrites

scientific article published on 27 July 2010

A molecular dynamics study of the glass transition in CaAl2Si2O8: Thermodynamics and tracer diffusion

scholarly article

Adiabatic decompression of aqueous solutions: Applications to hydrothermal fluid migration in the crust

scholarly article

Anionic chemistry of noble gases: formation of Mg-NG (NG = Xe, Kr, Ar) compounds under pressure

scientific article published on 21 October 2015

Chapter 13 Petrogenesis of the Campanian Ignimbrite: implications for crystal-melt separation and open-system processes from major and trace elements and Th isotopic data

Co-mingling of acid and basic magma with implications for the origin of mafic I-type xenoliths: Field and petrochemical relations of an unusual dike complex at eagle lake, Sequoia National Park, California, U.S.A

scholarly article

Dynamical model for temporal variation in magma type and eruption interval at Kohala volcano, Hawaii

scientific article

Dynamics and thermodynamics of magma mixing: Insights from a simple exploratory model

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 101 no. 3, March 2016

Dynamics of magma withdrawal from stratified magma chambers

scientific article

Energy-Constrained Recharge, Assimilation, and Fractional Crystallization (EC-RAχFC): A Visual Basic computer code for calculating trace element and isotope variations of open-system magmatic systems

scholarly article

Eruption volume, periodicity, and caldera area: Relationships and inferences on development of compositional zonation in silicic magma chambers

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Isotopic patterns in silicic ignimbrites and lava flows of the Mogan and lower Fataga Formations, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands: temporal changes in mantle source composition

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Long-term volumetric eruption rates and magma budgets

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Molecular dynamics of amorphous silica at very high pressures (135 GPa): Thermodynamics and extraction of structures through analysis of Voronoi polyhedra

scientific article published on 01 August 1991

Molecular dynamics of liquid SiO2 under high pressure

scientific article published on 01 August 1990

Molecular dynamics simulations of liquids and glasses in the system NaAlSiO 4 -SiO 2 ; methodology and melt structures

scientific article published in June 1995

Molecular dynamics simulations of liquids and glasses in the system NaAlSiO 4 -SiO 2 ; physical properties and transport mechanisms

scientific article published in April 1996

Molecular dynamics simulations of molten CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 ; dependence of structure and properties on pressure

scientific article published in December 1998

New constraints on the pyroclastic eruptive history of the Campanian volcanic Plain (Italy)

scientific article (publication date: November 2001)

On the origin of an amphibole-rich vein in a peridotite inclusion from the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Nevada, U.S.A

scientific article published in December 1981

Open-System Magma Chamber Evolution: an Energy-constrained Geochemical Model Incorporating the Effects of Concurrent Eruption, Recharge, Variable Assimilation and Fractional Crystallization (EC-E'RA FC)

article by F. J. SPERA published 19 August 2004 in Journal of Petrology

Partitioning of trace elements among coexisting crystals, melt, and supercritical fluid during isobaric crystallization and melting

scientific article published in November 2007

Phase Equilibria Constraints on the Chemical and Physical Evolution of the Campanian Ignimbrite

Post-eruptive alteration of silicic ignimbrites and lavas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands: Strontium, neodymium, lead, and oxygen isotopic evidence

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Pressure dependence of self-diffusion in the NaAlO 2 -SiO 2 system; compositional effects and mechanisms

scientific article published in March 1999

Pyroclastic flows and lavas of the Mogan and Fataga formations, Tejeda Volcano, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands: mineral chemistry, intensive parameters, and magma chamber evolution

scientific article

Rejuvenation of crustal magma mush: A tale of multiply nested processes and timescales

scientific article published in January 2018

Reply to Gualda & Ghiorso Comment on 'A Metamodel for Crustal Magmatism: Phase Equilibria of Giant Ignimbrites'

Shear viscosity and diffusion in liquid MgSiO3: Transport properties and implications for terrestrial planet magma oceans

scientific article published on 30 June 2009

Simulations of convection with crystallization in the system KAlSi 2 O 6 -CaMgSi 2 O 6 ; implications for compositionally zoned magma bodies

scientific article published in December 1995

Simulations of crustal anatexis: Implications for the growth and differentiation of continental crust

scientific article published on 10 October 1997

Structure, thermodynamic, and transport properties of molten Mg2SiO4: Molecular dynamics simulations and model EOS

scientific article published in May 2009

Thermal conductivity of molten and glassy NaAlSi3O8, CaMgSi2O6, and Mg2SiO4 by non-equilibrium molecular dynamics at elevated temperature and pressure

scientific article published in November 2014

Thermal evolution of plutons: a parameterized approach.

scientific article

Thermodynamic limits for assimilation of silicate crust in primitive magmas

scholarly article

Thermodynamic model for uplift and deflation episodes (bradyseism) associated with magmatic–hydrothermal activity at the Campi Flegrei (Italy)

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Thermodynamics, self-diffusion, and structure of liquid NaAlSi 3 O 8 to 30 GPa by classical molecular dynamics simulations

scientific article published in September 2016

Tradeoffs in chemical and thermal variations in the post-perovskite phase transition: Mixed phase regions in the deep lower mantle?

scientific article

Transport properties and equation of state of 1-bar eutectic melt in the system CaAl2Si2O8-CaMgSi2O6 by molecular dynamics simulation

scientific article published on 25 June 2012

Under the surface: Pressure-induced planetary-scale waves, volcanic lightning, and gaseous clouds caused by the submarine eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano

scientific article published in 2022

Upper-mantle dynamics revealed by helium isotope variations along the southeast Indian ridge

scientific article published in Nature

Verification of the onsager reciprocal relations in a molten silicate solution

scientific article

Volcanic ash provenance from zircon dust with an application to Maya pottery

scholarly article