Melt segregations in a Columbia River Basalt lava flow: A possible mechanism for the formation of highly evolved mafic magmas

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 434-446

  Hartley, M E ^a   Thordarson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Columbia River Basalt Group; Fractional crystallisation; Grande Ronde Formation; Melt segregations; Vesicle cylinders

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HOST ROCK; LAVA FLOW; MAFIC ROCK; MELT INCLUSION; PAHOEHOE; UPPER CRUST; VESICLE;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349154263     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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