Petrogenesis of tertiary continental intra-plate lavas from the Westerwald region, Germany

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 883-905

  Haase, Karsten M ^a   Goldschmidt, Björn ^a   Garbe Schönberg, C Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Basanites; Continental rift volcanism; Fractional crystallization; Partial melting; Trachytes

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PETROGENESIS; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WESTERWALD;

EID: 2142702930     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg115     Document Type: Article

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