Magmatic evolution of the Skye igneous centre, Western Scotland: Modelling of assimilation, recharge and fractional crystallization

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2481-2505

  Fowler, Sarah J ^a,b   Bohrson, Wendy A ^a   Spera, Frank J ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; EC RAFC model; Geochemical modelling; Magma recharge; Skye magmatism

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MAGMATISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10244251586     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh074     Document Type: Article

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