Oxygen isotope evidence for the formation of silicic Kermadec island arc and Havre-Lau backarc magmas by fractional crystallisation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 348-355

  Haase, K M ^a   Krumm, S ^a   Regelous, M ^a   Joachimski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Crust formation; Differentiation; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION; BACK-ARC; CL-CONCENTRATIONS; CRUST FORMATIONS; CRUSTAL ROCKS; CRYSTAL FRACTIONATION; DACITES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMALLY; HYDROUS FLUIDS; ISLAND ARC; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RHYOLITIC; SILICIC MAGMAS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BASALT; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ISOTOPES; MELTING; OXYGEN; ROCKS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANDESITE; DIFFERENTIATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISLAND ARC; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; RHYOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

KERMADEC ISLANDS;

EID: 80052812405     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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