Mafic magma injection triggers eruption at Ilopango Caldera, El Salvador, Central America

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 375, Issue , 2004, Pages 175-189

  Richer, Mathieu ^a   Mann, Crystal P ^a   Stix, John ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dusty plagioclase; El Salvador; Ilopango Caldera; Magma mixing; Silicic dome

Indexed keywords

DOMES; FELDSPAR; SILICA; TEXTURES;

BASALTIC ANDESITE; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DUSTY PLAGIOCLASE; EL SALVADOR; ERUPTIVE HISTORY; ILOPANGO CALDERA; MAGMA MIXING; PLAGIOCLASE CRYSTALS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALDERA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DACITE; LAVA DOME; MAFIC ROCK; MELT INCLUSION; PLAGIOCLASE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84055173281     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2375-2.175     Document Type: Article

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