Ascent mechanism of felsic magmas: News and views

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 315, Issue , 1996, Pages 95-103

  Weinberg, Roberto Ferrez ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diapirs; Dykes; Magma emplacement; Magma segregation; Magma transport

Indexed keywords

DIAPIRS; DYKES; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA SEGREGATION; MAGMA TRANSPORT;

THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FELSIC ROCK; MAGMA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84871247808     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2315-9.95     Document Type: Article

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