Comment on 'Conduit convection, magma mixing, and melt inclusion trends at persistent degassing volcanoes' by Fred Witham, published in Earth Planetary Science Letters (2011) 301, 345-352

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 306-308

  Métrich, Nicole ^a,b   Allard, Patrick ^a   Bertagnini, Antonella ^b   Di Muro, Andrea ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 79956298044     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.012     Document Type: Note

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