The magmatic evolution of the Whakamaru supereruption, New Zealand, constrained by a microanalytical study of plagioclase and quartz

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2465-2488

  Saunders, K E ^a   Morgan, D J ^b   Baker, J A ^a   Wysoczanski, R J ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Plagioclase; Quartz; Timescale; Whakamaru ignimbrite

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; MIXING RATIO; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TIMESCALE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 78649900231     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq064     Document Type: Article

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