The distribution of olivine compositions in icelandic basalts and picrites

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 745-768

  Thomson, Andrew ^a,b   Maclennan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Crystallization; Cumulate; Igneous petrology; Magma chamber

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CUMULATE; DIFFUSION; FORSTERITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHAMBER; OLIVINE; PETROLOGY; PICRITE; STRATIFICATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ICELAND;

EID: 84875795356     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs083     Document Type: Article

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