Magma evolution in the primitive, intra-oceanic tonga arc: Rapid petrogenesis of dacites at fonualeivolcano

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1231-1253

  Turner, Simon ^a   Caulfield, John ^a   Rushmer, Tracy ^a   Turner, Michael ^a   Cronin, Shane ^b   Smith, Ian ^c   Handley, Heather ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphibolite melting; Arcs; Dacite; Fractional crystallization; Timescales

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ANDESITE; DACITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; FUGACITY; LAVA; MAGMA; MELTING; OXYGEN; PETROGENESIS; TUFF;

TONGA;

EID: 84861809179     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs005     Document Type: Article

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