Mass transfer along the Yellowstone hotspot track I: Petrologic constraints on the volume of mantle-derived magma

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 86-98

  McCurry, Michael ^a   Rodgers, David W ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

continental crust; hotspot; NCI; rhyolite; Snake River Plain; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEEP BOREHOLES; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOT TRACKS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; ISOTOPIC DATA; MASS BALANCE; MASS FLUX; PETROGENESIS; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; U-PB ZIRCON; VOLCANIC FIELD; YELLOWSTONES;

BASALT; BOREHOLES; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; NEODYMIUM; OLIVINE; PETROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZIRCON;

GRANITE;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; COUNTRY ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOT SPOT; MAGMA; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSFER; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; RESTITE; RHYOLITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 71749102590     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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