Magma storage region processes inferred from geochemistry of Fe-Ti oxides in andesitic magma, Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, W.I

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1375-1400

  Devine, J D ^a   Rutherford, M J ^a   Norton, G E ^b   Young, S R ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

Author keywords

Andesite; Diffusion; Geothermometry; Magma; Titanomagnetite

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; DIFFUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; IRON OXIDE; MAGMA; TITANOMAGNETITE; VOLCANO;

MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 0042279212     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.8.1375     Document Type: Article

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