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Fig. 3

From: Volcanic crystals as time capsules of eruption history

Fig. 3

Timeline of intrusion of Mt. Etna plumbing system with primitive magma recognised as zones enriched up to 103 ppm Cr in clinopyroxene crystals. In eccentric eruptions (red circles; right column), at least ~70% of crystals record magma intrusion. In central conduit eruptions (blue circles; left column), intrusion was minor in the 1990s and 2000s but is increasing in the present decade, correlating with the increase in eruptive activity. ‘Intruded crystals’ include antecrysts with Cr-rich rims and phenocrysts with Cr-rich cores (Supplementary Table 4; Supplementary Data 1)

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