Efficiency of compaction and compositional convection during mafic crystal mush solidification: The Sept Iles layered intrusion, Canada

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1049-1068

  Namur, Olivier ^a,b   Charlier, Bernard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercumulus liquid; Liquid migration; Magma chamber; Mushy layer; Plagioclase zoning; Skaergaard

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLAGIOCLASE; POROSITY; SOLIDIFICATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 84861182451     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0715-3     Document Type: Article

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