Equilibrium and fractional crystallization experiments at 0.7 GPa; the effect of pressure on phase relations and liquid compositions of tholeiitic magmas

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-184

  Villiger, Samuel ^a   Ulmer, Peter ^a   Müntener, Othmar ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Equilibrium crystallization; Experimental petrology; Fractional crystallization; Tholeiitic magmas

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PRESSURE EFFECT; THOLEIITE;

EID: 33845985977     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl058     Document Type: Article

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