Microlite transfer by disaggregation of mafic inclusions following magma mixing at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 609-624

  Humphreys, Madeleine C S ^a   Christopher, Thomas ^b   Hards, Vicky ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaggregation; Hybridisation; Mafic inclusions; Magma mixing; Microlites; Montserrat; Soufri reHills volcano

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; INCLUSION; MAFIC ROCK; ORTHOPYROXENE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PHENOCRYST; SHEAR STRESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 63149099228     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0356-3     Document Type: Article

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