The petrology of a large intra-oceanic silicic eruption: The Sandy Bay Tephra, Kermadec Arc, Southwest Pacific

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 173-194

  Smith, Ian E M ^a   Stewart, Robert B ^b   Price, Richard C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crustal anatexis; Intra oceanic arc; Kermadec Arc; Silicic magmatism

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTALS; DEPOSITS; PETROLOGY; ROCKS;

OCEANIC SUBDUCTION SETTING;

VOLCANOES;

ANATEXIS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBDUCTION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

KERMADEC ARC; MACAULEY VOLCANO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038473934     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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