Mechanisms for transition in eruptive style at a monogenetic scoria cone revealed by microtextural analyses (Lathrop Wells volcano, Nevada, U.S.A.)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 593-607

  Genareau, Kimberly ^a   Valentine, Greg A ^b   Moore, Gordon ^c   Hervig, Richard L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lathrop Wells; Magnetite; Oxygen fugacity; Scoria cone; SIMS depth profiling; Strombolian eruptions; Symplectites

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FISSURE; FUGACITY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETITE; OLIVINE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHENOCRYST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURE; TRACHYTE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

LATHROP WELLS VOLCANO; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954144556     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0345-z     Document Type: Article

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