Dynamics of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Understanding of the fundamental dynamic controls of eruptive behaviour of andesite volcanoes using Montserrat as a case study. Quantitative petrology and geochemistry; thermodynamic models on changes in magma during degassing; experiments to constrain kinetic laws of crystallisation of degassing magmas; mathematical models on the dynamics of lava extrusion and explosive eruption.