The Magmas and Volcanoes Laboratory (LMV) is a joint research unit of Clermont-Auvergne University, affiliated with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, UMR 6524), the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, UMR 163). It is one of two laboratories of the Clermont-Ferrand Global Physics Observatory (OPGC). The LMV is also the Earth Science teaching department of Clermont-Auvergne University.