Episodic growth and homogenization of plutonic roots in arc volcanoes from combined U-Th and (U-Th)/He zircon dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-103

  Schmitt, Axel K ^a   Stockli, Daniel F ^b   Lindsay, Jan M ^c   Robertson, Richard ^d   Lovera, Oscar M ^a   Kislitsyn, Roman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Arc volcanism; Magma chambers; Plutons; Quaternary geochronology; Zircon residence time

Indexed keywords

ARC VOLCANISM; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTONS; QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY; RESIDENCE TIME;

CAVITY RESONATORS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOMES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA DOME; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTON; PLUTONIC ROCK; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; QUATERNARY; SOURCE ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 77953549945     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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