A study of the influence of water and pressure on viscosity of silicate melts [Elektronische Ressource] = Eine Studie zum Einfluss von Wasser und Druck auf die Viskosität von silikatischen Schmelzen / von Pierdomenico Del Gaudio

A study of the influence of water and pressure on viscosity of silicate melts Eine Studie zum Einfluss von Wasser und Druck auf die Viskosität von silikatischen Schmelzen Von der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Hannover zur Erlangung des Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften Dr. rer. nat. genehmigte Dissertation von Dipl. Geol. Pierdomenico Del Gaudio Geboren am 04.10.1969 in Catanzaro (Italien) 2005 Angestelt: Prüfungkollegium: Prüfungsvorsitz: Prof. Dr. Paul Heitjans Referent: Dr. PD Harald Behrens Korreferenten: Prof. Dr. Joachim Deubener Prof. Dr. François Holtz Tag der Promotion: 22.07.2005 Acknowledgements Thanks to Harald Behrens, for proposing me the subject and for all the help he gave me during my work in Hannover. Thanks Harald for your suggestions and for nice explanation about high pressure lab and for the opportunity you gave to me. Thanks to Frank Schulze which introduced me to the viscometer and for all the support he gave me to make it working. I appreciated a lot the help given to by Fred Blaine in correcting in good English this Thesis. Thanks for all the help you gave to me and the time you spent with me during these four years in Hannover. Thanks to Francesco Vetere and Jan Schüssler for sharing with me the office for all this time.