Vigorous exsolution of volatiles in the magma chamber beneath a hydrothermal system on the modern sea floor of the Eastern Manus back-arc basin, western Pacific: Evidence from melt inclusions

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1085-1096

  Yang, Kaihui ^a   Scott, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKER CHIMNEY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ION PROBE ANALYSES; MELT INCLUSIONS; VESICULATION EVENT; VIGOROUS EXSOLUTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGASSING; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCLUSIONS; SHRINKAGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EXSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MELT INCLUSION; PHENOCRYST; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BISMARCK SEA; MANUS BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33645781361     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.6.1085     Document Type: Article

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