Dynamics of melting beneath a small-scale basaltic system: A U-Th-Ra study from Rangitoto volcano, Auckland volcanic field, New Zealand

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-563

  McGee, Lucy E ^a   Beier, Christoph ^b,c   Smith, Ian E M ^a   Turner, Simon P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

226Ra excess; Auckland volcanic field; Monogenetic; Two porosity model; U series

Indexed keywords

BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; MAGMA; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; POROSITY; RADON ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; RANGITOTO;

EID: 80052024763     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0611-x     Document Type: Article

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