Thermal effects of the intrusion of basaltic magma into a more silicic magma chamber and implications for eruption triggering

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 257-273

  Snyder, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eruptions; Fluid dynamics; Magma chambers; Thermal history; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MIXING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0034652512     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00301-5     Document Type: Article

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