Magma-sediment mingling in an Ordovician rift basin: The Plouézec-Plourivo half-graben, Armorican Massif, France

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 164-178

  Galerne, Christophe ^a   Caroff, Martial ^a   Rolet, Joël ^a   Le Gall, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Armorican Massif; magma sediment mingling; peperites; polymict breccias; sediment fluidization

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

LAVA FLOW; MAGMA-SEDIMENT MINGLING; MOLTEN LAVA; PEPERITES; POLYMICT BRECCIAS; RIFT BASIN; SEDIMENT FLUIDIZATION;

SEDIMENTS;

BASIN; GRABEN; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; ORDOVICIAN; PEPERITE; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENT;

ARMORICAN MASSIF; BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745928160     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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