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Volcanology examples

One executed example per breakthrough in Breakthroughs in Volcanology and Geochemistry, in chronological order, each with an asserted check of the result it shows. Download the Python source or notebook from each page. Volcanology: units, equations and validation records units and limits; all examples use deterministic synthetic inputs and require no downloads.

Rayleigh’s fractional distillation (1896)

Rayleigh's fractional distillation (1896)

Rutherford and Soddy’s decay law (1902)

Rutherford and Soddy's decay law (1902)

Boltwood’s uranium-lead ages (1907)

Boltwood's uranium-lead ages (1907)

Holmes’s age of the Earth (1913)

Holmes's age of the Earth (1913)

Bowen’s reaction series (1928)

Bowen's reaction series (1928)

Goldschmidt’s geochemical rules (1937)

Goldschmidt's geochemical rules (1937)

Urey’s isotope paleothermometer (1947)

Urey's isotope paleothermometer (1947)

Libby’s radiocarbon dating (1949)

Libby's radiocarbon dating (1949)

Patterson’s age of the Earth (1956)

Patterson's age of the Earth (1956)

Wetherill’s concordia (1956)

Wetherill's concordia (1956)

Morton, Taylor and Turner’s buoyant plumes (1956)

Morton, Taylor and Turner's buoyant plumes (1956)

Mogi’s point source (1958)

Mogi's point source (1958)

Nicolaysen’s isochron (1961)

Nicolaysen's isochron (1961)

Shaw’s magma viscosity (1972)

Shaw's magma viscosity (1972)

Wilson, Sparks, Huang and Watkins’s eruption columns (1978)

Wilson, Sparks, Huang and Watkins's eruption columns (1978)

Wilson and Head’s magma ascent in dikes (1981)

Wilson and Head's magma ascent in dikes (1981)

Newhall and Self’s Volcanic Explosivity Index (1982)

Newhall and Self's Volcanic Explosivity Index (1982)