Petrogenesis of Tertiary Mafic Alkaline Magmas in the Hocheifel, Germany

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1637-1671

  Jung, Caroline ^a   Jung, Stefan ^a,b   Hoffer, Edgar ^a   Berndt, Jasper ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkali basalts; Continental volcanism; Crustal contamination; Eifel, Germany; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

BASANITE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; NEPHELINITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33748066288     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl023     Document Type: Article

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