Mixing primitive and evolved olivine tholeiite magmas in the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 153-161

  Miller, Myles L ^a   Hughes, Scott S ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

basalt; fractional crystallization; magma mixing; Snake River Plain

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL LEVELS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HOLOCENES; MAGMA EVOLUTION; MAGMA MIXING; MASS BALANCE MODEL; PETROGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; SHALLOW RESERVOIRS; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; VOLCANIC RIFTS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MIXING; OLIVINE; PARAFFIN WAXES; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASALT;

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HOLOCENE; MASS BALANCE; OLIVINE; PETROGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; RIFT ZONE; THERMODYNAMICS; THOLEIITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749095515     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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