A Microanalytical Approach to Understanding the Origin of Cumulate Xenoliths from Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Cumulate xenoliths erupted with alkalic hawaiite lavas from a postshield cinder cone on Mauna Kea, Hawaii include a variety of mafic and ultramafic rock types. Previous studies of major and trace element compositions of minerals in the xenoliths are interpreted to show transitional to alkalic magma...

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Main Author: Pickard, Megan
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2008
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1575
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2574&context=etd