Comagmatic A-type granophyre and rhyolite from the Alid volcanic center, eritrea, northeast Africa

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1707-1721

  Lowenstern, Jacob B ^a   Clynne, Michael A ^a   Bullen, Thomas D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afar; Danakil; Granite; Melt inclusions; Rhyolite

Indexed keywords

GRANOPHYRE; MELT INCLUSION; PLEISTOCENE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RHYOLITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AFRICA, ERITREA, ALID VOLCANO;

EID: 0031430546     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.12.1707     Document Type: Article

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