Mixed magmas, mush chambers and eruption triggers: Evidence from zoned clinopyroxene phenocrysts in Andesitic Scoria from the 1995 eruptions of Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2279-2303

  Nakagawa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Wada, Keiji ^b   Wood, C Peter ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compositional mineral zonation; Magma chamber; Magma mixing; Mush chamber; Ruapehu volcano

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MIXING; PHENOCRYST; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZONATION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; RUAPEHU VOLCANO;

EID: 0036921943     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/43.12.2279     Document Type: Article

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