Liquid immiscibility and the evolution of basaltic magma

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2187-2210

  Veksler, Ilya V ^a   Dorfman, Alexander M ^b   Borisov, Alexander A ^c,d   Wirth, Richard ^a   Dingwell, Donald B ^b,e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental petrology; Layered intrusions; Liquid immiscibility; Skaergaard

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMISCIBILITY; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMA; PETROLOGY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 35649022176     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm056     Document Type: Article

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