Experimental and thermodynamic constraints on the sulphur yield of peralkaline and metaluminous silicic flood eruptions

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1413-1437

  Scaillet, Bruno ^a   MacDonald, Ray ^b  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deccan; Ethiopia; Experiment; Silicic flood eruptions; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PERALKALINE ROCK; SULFUR EMISSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AFRICA; ASIA; DECCAN; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745245082     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl016     Document Type: Article

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