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Table 2 Résumé of the latest studies regarding ascent mechanisms and velocities

From: Pre-eruptive dynamics at the Campi Flegrei Caldera: from evidence of magma mixing to timescales estimates

References

Time

Process

Magnetic system

Method

Mixing-to-eruption timescales

Pelullo et al. (2022a)

Decades

Mafic recharge of evolved shallow reservoir

Agnano-Monte Spina eruption (4.7 ka)

Compositional zoning in clinopyroxene crystals

Iovine et al. (2017)

2–60 years

Shoshonite injection in phonolitic reservoir

Agnano-Monte Spina eruption (4.7 ka)

Diffusion chronometry performed on sanidine crystals

Perugini et al. (2015)

Minutes to hours

Shoshonite injection in phonolitic reservoir

Agnano Monte Spina (4.7 ka), Astroni 6 (4.1–4.3 ky), and Averno 2 (3.7 ka)

Concentration Variance Decay

Astbury et al. (2018)

Hours to days

Shoshonite injection in phonolitic reservoir

Astroni 6 (4.1–4.3 ky)

Thickness of final recharge zones and outermost rims

Perugini et al. (2010)

2 and 9 days, respectively

Shoshonite injection in phonolitic reservoir

Astroni 6 (4.1–4.3 ky) and Averno 2 (3.7 ky)

Diffusive Fractionation Method

Magma residence times and non-mixing-related timescales

Fabbrizio and Carroll (2008)

Hours to a max of 1–2 days

Evolution of trachy-phonolite magma during ascent

Breccia Museo Eruption (40 ky)

Dissolution rate data of biotites

Pappalardo and Mastrolorenzo (2012)

Hours to a max of 1–2 days

Volatile-rich trachytic layer at the top of a wide magma reservoir by magmatic differentiation, which could then erupt explosively

Campanian Ignimbrite (40 ky)

Cristal Size Distribution (CSD)

Arienzo et al. (2011)

6.4 ± 2.1 ka

Magma assembly prior the CI caldera forming eruption

Campanian Ignimbrite (40 ky)

U–Th isotopic dating

Arzilli et al. (2018)

Days

Magma residence time under non-equilibrium conditions

Campi Flegrei Caldera (last 40 ky)

Element partitioning between alkali feldspar and trachytic melts

D'Oriano et al. (2005)

Days

Syn-eruptive crystallization

Monte Nuovo (1538 AD)

Cristal Size Distribution (CSD)

Piochi et al. (2005)

Few days to tens of days

Evolution magmas falling near the trachyte-phonolite boundary

Monte Nuovo (1538 AD)

Cristal Size Distribution (CSD)

Arzilli et al. (2016)

Hours to two days

Evolution of trachy-phonolite magma

Monte Nuovo (1538 AD)

Cristal Size Distribution (CSD)

Stock et al. (2016, 2018)

Days to years

Volatile recharge and pressurization of the deep system (7.5–8.5 km)

Astroni 1 (4.1–4.3 ka)

Volatile variations in apatite and hydrous glasses

Di Vito et al. (2016)

 ~ 300 years

Pre-eruptive magma residence times

Monte Nuovo (1538 AD)

Based on the Uplift history

Bonechi et al. (2022)

 ~ 10 ka

Filling of the deep reservoir at 25 km from the mantle source by a melt of alkali basalt composition supposed at ~ 50 km

Campi Flegrei Caldera (last 40 ky)

Mobility by density contrast between the melt and the surrounding permeable crystalline matrix