Origin of rhyolite by crustal melting and the nature of parental magmas in the Oligocene Conejos Formation, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 185-210

  Parker, D F ^a   Ghosh, A ^b   Price, C W ^a   Rinard, B D ^c   Cullers, R L ^d   Ren, M ^e  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Continental rifting; High K andesite; Rhyolite

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COMPOSITION; FELDSPAR; FRACTIONATION; GRANITE;

DACITE SHIELDS; MAGMAS; RHYOLITES; VOLCANIC CENTERS;

VOLCANOES;

MAGMA; MELTING; RHYOLITE; VOLCANOLOGY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10844250865     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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