Quartz zoning and the pre-eruptive evolution of the ~340-ka Whakamaru magma systems, New Zealand

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-107

  Matthews, N E ^a   Pyle, D M ^a   Smith, V C ^b   Wilson, C J N ^c   Huber, C ^d   van Hinsberg, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geothermometry; Quartz; Rhyolite; Taupo Volcanic Zone; Titanium; Whakamaru

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOMETRY; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; PUMICE; QUARTZ; RESORPTION; RHYOLITE; TITANIUM; ZONING;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 84855304166     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0660-1     Document Type: Review

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