Understanding volcanic systems and their dynamics combining field and physical volcanology with petrology studies

Volcanic activity is the result of a complex series of processes at different scales involving magma dynamics in the mantle-crust system. The type of erupted products and the style of eruptive activity are deeply controlled by the different processes of magma evolution in time and space. The different stages and the modalities of magma accumulation and transfer at shallow depths in the crust, heat, and mass exchange with the surrounding host rocks or from the magma source, and consequent magma crystallization, evolution, and eventually degassing, are crucial in controlling the variability of eruptive styles.