Volatile-induced magma differentiation in the plumbing system of Mt. Etna volcano (Italy): Evidence from glass in tephra of the 2001 eruption

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-473

  Ferlito, Carmelo ^a   Viccaro, Marco ^a   Cristofolini, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2001 eruption; Alkali enrichment; Chlorine; Mount Etna; Tephra, Residual glass; Volatile induced differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; LAVA; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MASS BALANCE; MIXING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39049159091     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0149-y     Document Type: Article

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