Geochemical variability in distal and proximal glass from the Youngest Toba Tuff eruption

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Gatti, E ^a,e   Villa, I M ^b,c   Achyuthan, H ^d   Gibbard, P L ^a   Oppenheimer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical variability; Crystal fractionation; Oldest Toba Tuff; Post depositional alteration; Youngest Toba Tuff

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHAMBER; PETROGENESIS; TEPHRA; TRACE ELEMENT; TUFF;

EID: 84943015696     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-014-0859-x     Document Type: Article

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