Tobias Mattsson
Researcher at Department of Earth Sciences; Mineralogy Petrology and Tectonics
- E-mail:
- tobias.mattsson@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Geocentrum, Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Villavägen 16
752 36 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-0717-4014
Short presentation
I study the emplacement of felsic magma bodies in a variety of tectonic settings. I use field mapping and rock magnetic techniques characterise magma flow and deformation in magmatic intrusions.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tobias_Mattsson
Keywords
- cryptodome
- laccolith
- intrusion emplacement
- magma flow
Research
I am interested in magma emplacement, magnetic fabrics (AMS, AARM), Laccoliths, Cryptodome and Tectonics

Publications
Selection of publications
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Transport of Magma in Granitic Mush Systems; an Example From the Götemar Pluton, Sweden
Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 2024
- DOI for Transport of Magma in Granitic Mush Systems; an Example From the Götemar Pluton, Sweden
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2021
- DOI for Decrypting Magnetic Fabrics (AMS, AARM, AIRM) Through the Analysis of Mineral Shape Fabrics and Distribution Anisotropy
- Download full text (pdf) of Decrypting Magnetic Fabrics (AMS, AARM, AIRM) Through the Analysis of Mineral Shape Fabrics and Distribution Anisotropy
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Part of Geosphere, p. 182-209, 2020
- DOI for Host-rock deformation during the emplacement of the Mourne Mountains granite pluton: Insights from the regional fracture pattern
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Part of Journal of Petrology, 2020
- DOI for Fault-Controlled Magma Ascent Recorded in the Central Series of the Rum Layered Intrusion, NW Scotland
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, p. 7934-7961, 2019
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A large explosive silicic eruption in the British Palaeogene Igneous Province
Part of Scientific Reports, 2019
- DOI for A large explosive silicic eruption in the British Palaeogene Igneous Province
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Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018
- DOI for Syn-Emplacement Fracturing in the Sandfell Laccolith, Eastern Iceland: Implications for Rhyolite Intrusion Growth and Volcanic Hazards
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Magma plumbing for the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption, Iceland
Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, p. 2953-2968, 2016
Recent publications
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Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2026
- DOI for Structural aureoles as proxies for magma emplacement in the brittle crust: Evidence for transtensional pluton formation at Slaufrudalur, Iceland
- Download full text (pdf) of Structural aureoles as proxies for magma emplacement in the brittle crust: Evidence for transtensional pluton formation at Slaufrudalur, Iceland
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Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 2025
- DOI for The Magnetic Fingerprint of Pulsed Granite Magma Emplacement and Alteration: Slaufrudalur Pluton, Iceland
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Intrusions are sensitive, temporally constrained strain archives
Part of Journal of the Geological Society, 2025
- DOI for Intrusions are sensitive, temporally constrained strain archives
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Part of Journal of the Geological Society, 2025
- DOI for Igneous layering and magma dynamics in alkaline intrusions: textural evidence for gravitational settling and compaction within cumulates
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Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2025
- DOI for Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 2: Microstructural analysis
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2026
- DOI for Structural aureoles as proxies for magma emplacement in the brittle crust: Evidence for transtensional pluton formation at Slaufrudalur, Iceland
- Download full text (pdf) of Structural aureoles as proxies for magma emplacement in the brittle crust: Evidence for transtensional pluton formation at Slaufrudalur, Iceland
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Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 2025
- DOI for The Magnetic Fingerprint of Pulsed Granite Magma Emplacement and Alteration: Slaufrudalur Pluton, Iceland
- Download full text (pdf) of The Magnetic Fingerprint of Pulsed Granite Magma Emplacement and Alteration: Slaufrudalur Pluton, Iceland
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Intrusions are sensitive, temporally constrained strain archives
Part of Journal of the Geological Society, 2025
- DOI for Intrusions are sensitive, temporally constrained strain archives
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Part of Journal of the Geological Society, 2025
- DOI for Igneous layering and magma dynamics in alkaline intrusions: textural evidence for gravitational settling and compaction within cumulates
- Download full text (pdf) of Igneous layering and magma dynamics in alkaline intrusions: textural evidence for gravitational settling and compaction within cumulates
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Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2025
- DOI for Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 2: Microstructural analysis
- Download full text (pdf) of Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 2: Microstructural analysis
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Enclaves as mushy magma strain archives: New perspectives on composite magmatic fabrics in plutons
Part of Geosphere, p. 1390-1410, 2024
- DOI for Enclaves as mushy magma strain archives: New perspectives on composite magmatic fabrics in plutons
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Transport of Magma in Granitic Mush Systems; an Example From the Götemar Pluton, Sweden
Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 2024
- DOI for Transport of Magma in Granitic Mush Systems; an Example From the Götemar Pluton, Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Transport of Magma in Granitic Mush Systems; an Example From the Götemar Pluton, Sweden
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Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2024
- DOI for Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 1: Field evidence
- Download full text (pdf) of Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 1: Field evidence
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2021
- DOI for Decrypting Magnetic Fabrics (AMS, AARM, AIRM) Through the Analysis of Mineral Shape Fabrics and Distribution Anisotropy
- Download full text (pdf) of Decrypting Magnetic Fabrics (AMS, AARM, AIRM) Through the Analysis of Mineral Shape Fabrics and Distribution Anisotropy
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Part of Geosphere, p. 182-209, 2020
- DOI for Host-rock deformation during the emplacement of the Mourne Mountains granite pluton: Insights from the regional fracture pattern
- Download full text (pdf) of Host-rock deformation during the emplacement of the Mourne Mountains granite pluton: Insights from the regional fracture pattern
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Part of Journal of Petrology, 2020
- DOI for Fault-Controlled Magma Ascent Recorded in the Central Series of the Rum Layered Intrusion, NW Scotland
- Download full text (pdf) of Fault-Controlled Magma Ascent Recorded in the Central Series of the Rum Layered Intrusion, NW Scotland
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, p. 7934-7961, 2019
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A large explosive silicic eruption in the British Palaeogene Igneous Province
Part of Scientific Reports, 2019
- DOI for A large explosive silicic eruption in the British Palaeogene Igneous Province
- Download full text (pdf) of A large explosive silicic eruption in the British Palaeogene Igneous Province
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Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018
- DOI for Syn-Emplacement Fracturing in the Sandfell Laccolith, Eastern Iceland: Implications for Rhyolite Intrusion Growth and Volcanic Hazards
- Download full text (pdf) of Syn-Emplacement Fracturing in the Sandfell Laccolith, Eastern Iceland: Implications for Rhyolite Intrusion Growth and Volcanic Hazards
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Magma plumbing for the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption, Iceland
Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, p. 2953-2968, 2016
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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Rapid formation and eruption of a silicic magma chamber
2022
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The plutonic-volcanic connection – Preliminary results from Reyðarártindur pluton, Iceland
Part of Subvolcanic Processes, 2019
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2019
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Growth stages of cryptodomes: Examples from Iceland and Argentina
2019
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Magma Deformation During Laccolith Emplacement: Examples From Iceland And Argentina
Part of Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 2018
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Syn-emplacement fracturing in the Sandfell laccolith, eastern Iceland
2018
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Modeling of magma emplacement processes during laccolith growth.
2017
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2017
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Fracturing related to granite emplacement in the Mourne Mountains
2017
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2016
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3D modelling of the Tejeda Caldera cone-sheet swarm, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2015