Low-pressure fractionation of the Nyiragongo volcanic rocks, Virunga Province, D.R. Congo

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 269-295

  Platz, Thomas ^a   Foley, Stephen F ^b   André, Luc ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alkali olivine basalt; Fractionation; Lava lake; Leucite; Melilitite; Nephelinite; Nyiragongo

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OLIVINE; SILICA;

FRACTIONATED ROCKS; LOW-PRESSURE FRACTIONATION; PETROGENETIC MODELS; PHENOCRYSTS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PETROGENESIS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; NYIRAGONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4344713281     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.05.020     Document Type: Article

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