Homogenization processes in silicic magma chambers by stirring and mushification (latent heat buffering)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 38-47

  Huber, Christian ^a   Bachmann, Olivier ^b   Manga, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

convective stirring; crystal mush; homogenization; latent heat buffering; magma chamber; silicic magmas

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; CONVECTIVE STIRRING; CRYSTAL FRACTION; CRYSTALLINITY; DACITES; EXPLOSIVE EVENTS; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HOMOGENIZATION; HOMOGENIZATION PROCESS; IGNIMBRITES; INCREMENTAL GROWTH; LARGE CRYSTAL; LARGE SIZES; LENGTH SCALE; LIQUID EXTRACTION; MAGMA BATCHES; MAGMA BODIES; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MECHANICAL MIXING; PLUTONS; PROCESS DRIVES; ROCK COMPOSITION; SILICIC MAGMAS; STARK CONTRADICTION; TIME AND SPACE; TIME-SCALE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; XENOCRYSTS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GRANITE; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; LATENT HEAT; LIQUIDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VOLCANOES;

MIXING;

BUFFERING; CRYSTALLINITY; GRANITE; HOMOGENEITY; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTON; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 67349144398     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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