Magmatic plumbing of a large Permian caldera exposed to a depth of 25 km

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 603-606

  Quick, J E ^a   Sinigoi, S ^b   Peressini, G ^b   Demarchi, G ^b   Wooden, J L ^c   Sbisa A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; MAGMATIC PLUMBING SYSTEM; PERMIAN; PLUTONIC ROCKS; SILICIC VOLCANISM;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

PLUMBING;

BASALT; CALDERA; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEPTH; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PERMIAN; VOLCANISM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; IVREA-VERBANO ZONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69649090258     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30003A.1     Document Type: Article

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