Ein #Meilenstein für die #Zukunft der #LMU! Heute erfolgt der feierliche Spatenstich für den neuen #Geocampus in der Schillerstraße. 👷 Im Interview sprechen die Forscher Donald Dingwell und Yan Lavallée über die Bedeutung des LMU-Neubaus: lmu.de/de/newsroom/ne…

Todays was the "Spatenstich" for the new building of Universität München that will eventually unite everyone of the Department for Earth and Environmental Sciences under one roof. Talked about for decades, in planning since many years, now it's happening! 👏 lmu.de/en/newsroom/ne…

At #Windhoek airport reflecting on an amazing 3 weeks in #Namibia with Thomas Kunzmann, Peter Schaaf, Yan Lavallee, Jackie Kendrick, Paul Wallace and an amazing bunch of bachelor students… excessive numbers of photos of stunning #minerals #outcrops and #animals to follow soon!

New paper alert! Lots of members of our lab were involved with this deep-dive into the Icelandic crust at Krafla volcano, where the IDDP-1 borehole hit rhyolitic magma at just 2.1km. Led by Dr Fabian Wadsworth doi.org/10.1016/j.jvol…

New experimental paper from our lab! We quantitatively show that most dome lavas are emplaced via a mixed viscous-brittle flow mechanism! Potentially transformative implications for our understanding of volcanic eruptions! Led by Dr Fabian Wadsworth doi.org/10.1016/j.jvol…

In this paper we used large scale (20cm) rock deformation experiments with #fibre optic strain sensors to explore more efficient stimulation practices for sustainable energy production

Today the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop kicks off here at Universität München with an excellent host of presentations after yesterday’s lab tours and #icebreaker Organized by K-U. Hess, Y. Lavallee, D.B. Dingwell and P. Richet (Photo from Ulrich Küppers)

Our Don Dingwell goes extra-terrestrial, speaking about planetary melts and glasses at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #silicatemelt

The obligatory group photo for the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop here Universität München during a well-timed break in the clouds #silicatemelt

Bubble trouble for our Janine Birnbaum, presenting a multi-scale model for constraints on bubble expansion and transport in #silicatemelts (also bread, as it turns out)!

Kicking off the day hearing from Yan Lavallée ⁦LMU Volcanology⁩ about the Krafla Magma Testbed ⁦Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT)⁩ #SMW2024

This morning our Yan Lavallee is getting us all thinking about how to drill into #magma with Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) given our knowledge of #silicatemelt

Excellent modeling talk by Kelly Russell this afternoon #SMW2024

Our Jeremie Vasseur questions the origins of apparent non-Newtonian behaviour of #magmas at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #SMW2025

Our Kai-Uwe Hess talking about the challenges and solutions for constraining the rheology of carbonate melts, this morning at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #SMW2024

Alumni and long-time collaborator Dr Fabian Wadsworth presents absolutely everything we know about sintering in melts glasses and magmas at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #SMW2024

Our Thilo @BissbortT presenting this morning about the role and importance of water diffusion in silicate melts at the 12th Silicate Melt Workshop #SMW2024

Timelapse from #aurora on 10.10.2024, 20:37-20:49UTC Passo Giau, Dolomites #Auroraborealis #northernlights #dolomites #passogiau

Will be checking out this #comet over #munich every evening this week 😊 iamexpat.de/lifestyle/life…

Which is the longest month ever, and why is it October?