Phase relations and liquid lines of descent in hydrous ferrobasalt - Implications for the skaergaard intrusion and Columbia river flood basalts

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1687-1727

  Botcharnikov, R E ^a   Almeev, R R ^a   Koepke, J ^a   Holtz, F ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Columbia River flood basalts; Differentiation; Experiment; Ferrobasalt; Skaergaard

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOOD BASALT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDOX CONDITIONS; SILICATE MINERAL;

ARCTIC; COLUMBIA RIVER; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 53349116865     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn043     Document Type: Article

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