Processes and timescales of magma genesis and differentiation leading to the great tambora eruption in 1815

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-297

  Gertisser, Ralf ^a   Self, Stephen ^b   Thomas, Louise ^b   Handley, Heather K ^c   Van Calsteren, Peter ^b   Wolff, John A ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1815 eruption; Hf isotopes; Potassic magma; Sumbawa; Sunda arc; Tambora; U series disequilibria; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; POTASSIC ROCK; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRACHYTE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMBAWA; SUNDA ISLES; TAMBORA; WEST NUSA TENGGARA;

EID: 84856186157     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egr062     Document Type: Article

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