Time-scales of magma formation, ascent and storage beneath subduction-zone volcanoes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1770, 2000, Pages 1443-1464

  Turner, S P ^a,b   George, R M M ^a,b   Evans, P J ^a   Hawkesworth, C J ^a,b   Zellmer, G F ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andesite; Crustal residence; Magma ascent; Melt generation; Subduction zone; Time scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347933339     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0598     Document Type: Article

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