High-temperature, low-H 2O silicic magmas of the yellowstone hotspot: An experimental study of rhyolite from the Bruneau-Jarbidge eruptive center, Central Snake River Plain, USA

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1837-1866

  Almeev, Renat R ^a   Bolte, Torsten ^a   Nash, Barbara P ^b   Holtz, François ^a   Erdmann, Martin ^a   Cathey, Henrietta E ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruneau Jarbidge; Crystallization experiments; Phase equilibria; Rhyolite; Snake River Plain; Yellowstone hotspot

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOT SPOT; LAVA; MAGMA; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; RHYOLITE; TECTOSILICATE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER CONTENT;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865577284     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs035     Document Type: Article

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