Bridging basalts and rhyolites in the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain volcanic province: The elusive intermediate step

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 415, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-89

  Szymanowski, Dawid ^a   Ellis, Ben S ^a   Bachmann, Olivier ^a   Guillong, Marcel ^a   Phillips, William M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

AFC; Heise; Intermediates; Melt inclusions; Yellowstone hotspot

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; GRANITE; SILICATE MINERALS;

AFC; HEISE; INTERMEDIATES; MELT INCLUSIONS; YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT;

VOLCANOES;

BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HOT SPOT; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMATISM; MELT INCLUSION; RHYOLITE;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

GULO GULO;

EID: 84922567320     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.041     Document Type: Article

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