Crystallization and textural evolution of a closed-system magma chamber: Insights from a crystal size distribution study of the Lilloise layered intrusion, East Greenland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-379

  Magee, C ^a   O'Driscoll, B ^b   Chambers, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closed system; Crystal size distribution; Layered mafic intrusion; Lilloise; Solidification

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLIDIFICATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES;

CLOSED SYSTEMS; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; LAYERED INTRUSIONS; LAYERED MAFIC INTRUSION; LILLOISE; NUCLEATION DENSITIES; PRIMARY CRYSTALLIZATION; TEXTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

CRYSTALS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CUMULATE; GRAIN SIZE; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHAMBER; PETROGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLIDIFICATION;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 77953610501     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990689     Document Type: Article

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