Evolving volcanism at the tip of a propagating arc: The earliest high-Mg andesites in northern New Zealand

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 195, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 83-96

  Booden, Mathijs A ^a   Smith, Ian E M ^a   Mauk, Jeffrey L ^a   Black, Philippa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

High Mg andesite; Petrogenesis; Subduction; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CURRENT CONFIGURATION; ERUPTION VOLUME; HIGH-MG ANDESITES; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LEADING EDGE; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; NEW ZEALAND; PETROGENESIS; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE; VOLCANIC CENTERS; VOLCANIC ZONE;

ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; PETROLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ANDESITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNESIUM; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 77955266458     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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