Silicate liquid immiscibility within the crystal mush: late-stage magmatic microstructures in the skaergaard intrusion, east greenland

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-222

  Holness, M B ^a   Stripp, G ^a   Humphreys, M C S ^a,f   Veksler, I V ^b,c   Nielsen, T F D ^d   Tegner, Christian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal mush; Immiscibility; Skaergaard

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; CUMULATE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ILMENITE; IMMISCIBILITY; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE; SILICATE; SOLIDIFICATION; SYMPLECTITE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 78650611996     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq077     Document Type: Article

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