Origin of differentiated volcanic and plutonic rocks from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1009-1024

  Kar, A ^a,d   Weaver, B ^a   Davidson, J ^b   Colucci, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELSIC MAGMATISM; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; RHYOLITE; TRACHYTE;

ASCENSION; ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031670270     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.5.1009     Document Type: Article

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