Petrogenesis of a phonolite-trachyte succession at mount sidley, marie byrd land, Antarctica

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1225-1253

  Panter, Kurt S ^a   Kyle, Philip R ^a   Smellie, John L ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFC; Alkaline magmas; Magma commingling; Marie Byrd Land; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION; DIFFERENTIATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PHONOLITE; TRACHYTE;

ANTARCTICA, MARIE BYRD LAND, MOUNT SIDLEY;

EID: 0031473395     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.9.1225     Document Type: Article

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