Publications – Moitra Lab

Submitted/in revision:

Fulton B, Moitra P, Effect of melt-domain size on the stability of vapor films: Implications for explosive submarine volcanic eruptions (submitted to Bulletin of Volcanology).

Spring I, Mallik A, J Kirk, Moitra P, Borg L, Hervig R, Trace Element Analyses of Plagioclase from Troctolite 76535 and Implications for Mg-suite Petrogenesis (submitted to Meteoritics & Planetary Science)

Moitra P, Mallik A, Barnes J, Andrews-Hanna J C, Water: the key driver of explosive volcanism on the Moon (under review).

Published/in press:

Moitra P, Amenah A, Tatsch A, Santra P (2025), Flow- and fracture-driven bubble throat growth rates and dynamic permeability in crystallizing magma, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (in press).

Moitra P (2024), Rheological arrest vs. rapid growth of bubbles in crystal-rich magma, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 646:118984, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118984.

Mallik A, Schwinger S, Roy A, Moitra P (2022), Controls on determining the bulk water content of the Moon. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, doi.org/10.1111/maps.13921.

Sonder I, Moitra P (2022), Experimental constraints on the stability and oscillation of water vapor film—a precursor for phreatomagmatic and explosive submarine eruptions. Frontiers in Earth Science, 1827, doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.983112.

Moitra P, Sonder I (2022), Vapor bubbles and velocity control on the cooling rates of lava and pyroclasts during submarine eruption, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024665, doi:10.1029/2022JB024665.

Moitra, P, Houghton, B F (2021), Porosity-permeability relationships in crystal-rich basalts from Plinian eruptions. Bulletin of Volcanology, 83(11), pp.1-11, doi:10.1007/s00445-021-01496-7

Moitra P, Horvath D G, Andrews-Hanna J C (2021), Investigating the roles of magmatic volatiles, ground ice and impact-triggering on a very recent and highly explosive volcanic eruption on Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 567, 116986, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116986.

Horvath D G, Moitra P, Hamilton C W, Craddock R A, Andrews-Hanna J C (2021), Evidence for geologically recent explosive volcanism in Elysium Planitia, Mars. Icarus, 114499, doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114499.

Moitra P, Sonder I, Valentine G A (2020), The role of external water on rapid cooling and fragmentation of magma, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 537, 116194, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116194.

Moitra P, Gonnermann M H, Houghton B F, Tiwary C S (2018), Fragmentation and Plinian eruption of crystallizing basaltic magma, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 500, 97-104, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.003.

Sonder I, Harp A, Graettinger A, Moitra P, Valentine G A, Buttner R, Zimanowski B (2018), Meter-Scale Experiments on Magma-Water Interaction, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 123, 10597-10615, doi:10.1029/2018JB015682.

Moitra P, Sonder I, Valentine G A (2018), Effects of size and temperature-dependent thermal conductivity on the cooling of pyroclasts in air, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19, 3623-3636, doi:10.1029/2018GC007510.

Moitra P, Gonnermann M H (2015), Effects of crystal shape- and size-modality on magma rheology. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16, 1-26, doi:10.1002/2014GC005554.

Lee C T A, Morton D M, Farner M J, and Moitra P (2015), Field and model constraints on silicic melt segregation by compaction/hindered settling: The role of water and its effect on latent heat release. American Mineralogist, 100, 1762-1777, doi:10.2138/am-2015-5121.

Moitra P, Gonnermann M H, Houghton F B and Giachetti T (2013), Relating vesicle shapes in pyroclasts to eruption styles. Bulletin of Volcanology, 75, 1-14, doi:10.1007/s00445-013-0691-8.