Cooling history of a dike as revealed by mineral chemistry: A case study from Mt. Etna volcano

Chemical Geology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-52

  Mollo, Silvio ^a   Lanzafame, Gabriele ^b   Masotta, Matteo ^c   Iezzi, Gianluca ^d   Ferlito, Carmelo ^b   Scarlato, Piergiorgio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinopyroxene; Cooling rate; Dike; Partition coefficient; Plagioclase; Thermometer

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENES; COOLING RATE; DIKE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLAGIOCLASE;

ALKALINITY; FELDSPAR; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEVEES; MINERALS; REACTION RATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMOMETERS; VOLCANOES;

COOLING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINOPYROXENE; COOLING; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; PLAGIOCLASE; TITANOMAGNETITE;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 80051672116     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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