Geology, geochronology and geochemistry of a basanitic volcano, White Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 189-216

  Cooper, Alan F ^a   Adam, Lotte J ^a   Coulter, Roseanne F ^a   Eby, G Nelson ^b   McIntosh, William C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; basanite tephriphonolite; diffuse magmatism; mantle and deep crustal nodules; McMurdo Volcanic Group; tuff cones; White Island

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE MANTLE PLUMES; BASANITE-TEPHRIPHONOLITE; DIFFUSE MAGMATISM; GONDWANA FRAGMENTATION; PLUME INTERACTION;

VOLCANOES;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASANITE; BRECCIA; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TUFF; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WHITE ISLAND;

EID: 34547817021     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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