Opal’s Pals Categories

Earthquakes | Gemstones | Glacier | Groundwater and Caves | Igneous Rocks | Inner Structure of the Earth | Mass Wastage | Metamorphic Rocks | Minerals | Our Place in the Universe | Plate Tectonics | Properties of Matter | Sedimentary Rocks | Streams and Rivers | Tectonics | Weathering and Soils | Wind and Deserts

Wellers Spaghetti Theory of Magma

Magma has three major components: silica, cations, and dissolved gases. Each of these substances affects the viscosity of magma.