Deep-seated fractionation during the rise of a small-volume basalt magma batch: Crater Hill, Auckland, New Zealand

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-527

  Smith, I E M ^a   Blake, S ^b   Wilson, C J N ^a   Houghton, B F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali basalt; Auckland volcanic field; Crystal fractionation; Magma zoning; Mantle processes; Pyroxene paradox

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; BASALT; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SPINEL; ZONING;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; CRATER HILL; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 39549088894     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0255-z     Document Type: Article

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