Extreme geochemical heterogeneity in Afro-Arabian Oligocene tephras: Preserving fractional crystallization and mafic recharge processes in silicic magma chambers

Lithos

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 260-278

  Ukstins Peate, Ingrid ^a   Kent, Adam J R ^b   Baker, Joel A ^c   Menzies, Martin A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afro Arabian flood basalt; Bimodal volcanism; Deep sea ash layers; Extreme compositional heterogeneity; Silicic pyroclastic volcanism

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHAMBER; TEPHRA; TRACE ELEMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 41349096446     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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