The petrogenetic evolution of lavas from Easter Island and neighbouring seamounts, near-ridge hotspot volcanoes in the SE pacific

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 785-813

  Haase, Karsten M ^a,b,c   Stoffers, Peter ^a   Garbe Schönberg, C Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Easter Island; Fractional crystallization; Magmatic evolution; Oceanic magmatism; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; LAVA; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC, EASTER ISLAND;

EID: 0030875282     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.6.785     Document Type: Article

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