Dacite petrogenesis on mid-ocean ridges: Evidence for oceanic crustal melting and assimilation

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2377-2410

  Wanless, V D ^a,b   Perfit, M R ^a   Ridley, W I ^c,e   Klein, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Dacite; Fractional crystallization; Mid ocean ridge; MORB; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DACITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78649871054     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq056     Document Type: Article

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