Crystal size distribution analysis of plagioclase in experimentally decompressed hydrous rhyodacite magma

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 246-254

  Brugger, Carrie R ^a   Hammer, Julia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal size distribution; Decompression experiments; Growth rate; Nucleation rate; Plagioclase; Residence time

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DECOMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS; NUCLEATION RATE; PLAGIOCLASE; RESIDENCE TIME;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; FELDSPAR; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUCLEATION; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GROWTH RATE;

DACITE; DECOMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MAGMATISM; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLAGIOCLASE; RESIDENCE TIME; RHYOLITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956123737     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.046     Document Type: Article

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