Dynamics of magma supply at Mt. Etna volcano (Southern Italy) as revealed by textural and compositional features of plagioclase phenocrysts

Lithos

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 77-91

  Viccaro, Marco ^a   Giacomoni, Pier Paolo ^a   Ferlito, Carmelo ^a   Cristofolini, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Dissolution; Etna; Oscillatory zoning; Plagioclase; Resorption; Texture

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPRESSION; DEGASSING; DISSOLUTION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; PHENOCRYST; PLAGIOCLASE; REACTION KINETICS; RESORPTION; TEXTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZONING;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77949275736     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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