Origin of megacrysts in the mafic alkaline lavas of the West Eifel volcanic field, Germany

Lithos

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 75-95

  Shaw, Cliff S J ^a   Eyzaguirre, Jimena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkali rich magmas; Germany; Mantle metasomatism; Megacrysts; West Eifel; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PHENOCRYST; XENOLITH;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034013159     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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