Discrete stoping events in granite plutons: A signature of eruptions from silicic magma chambers?

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1021-1024

  Hawkins, David P ^a   Wiebe, Robert A ^b  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive eruptions; Granitic rocks; Mafic magma; Magma chambers; Magma mingling; Stoping

Indexed keywords

CALDERA-FORMING ERUPTIONS; MAGMA; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; GRANITIC ROCKS; MAFIC MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA MINGLING;

CORRELATION METHODS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; GRANITE; ROOFS; STOPING;

GRANITE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GRANITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MIXING; PLUTON; SILURIAN; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DIORITE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ROCK; ROOF; STOPING; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11044227126     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21083.1     Document Type: Article

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