Wolf volcano, Galápagos Archipelago: Melting and magmatic evolution at the margins of mantle plume

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2197-2224

  Geist, Dennis J ^a   Naumann, Terry R ^b   Standish, Jared J ^c   Kurz, Mark D ^d   Harpp, Karen S ^e   White, William M ^f   Fornari, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e Colgate University ^*  (United States)

^f Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Caldera; Gal ; Mush; Pagos; Partial melting; Plume

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PARTIAL MELTING; SHIELD VOLCANO;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; ISABELA [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WOLF VOLCANO; WORLD;

EID: 27744546852     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi052     Document Type: Article

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