Geochemical stratigraphy of the lavas of the Solund-Stavfjord Ophiolite Complex, W. Norway, and magma-chamber dynamics

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 441-457

  Furnes, H ^a   Hellevang, B ^a   Robins, B ^a   Gudmundsson, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractional crystallisation; Geochemical cycles; Magma chamber; Magma mixing; Ophiolite; Volcanic cycles; Volcanic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; METABASALT; OPHIOLITE; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORWAY;

EID: 0041416164     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-002-0271-9     Document Type: Article

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