The role of slab melting in the petrogenesis of high-Mg andesites: Evidence from Simbo Volcano, Solomon Islands

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-103

  Konig S ^a,b   Schuth, S ^a,b   Munker C ^a,b   Qopoto, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources   (Solomon Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; SPREADING CENTER; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 33750865189     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0136-x     Document Type: Article

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