Magma emplacement and remobilization timescales beneath Montserrat: Insights from Sr and Ba zonation in plagioclase phenocrysts

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1413-1431

  Zellmer, G F ^a   Sparks, R S J ^a   Hawkesworth, C J ^a   Wiedenbeck, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Diffusion; Plagioclase; Trace element zonation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; MAGMA; PETROGENESIS; PLAGIOCLASE; REMOBILIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANO;

MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 0041778290     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.8.1413     Document Type: Article

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