STUDIES OF THE EVOLUTION OF FELSIC MAGMA SYSTEMS: I. ZIRCON IN HISTORIC ERUPTIONS, ICELAND; II. MODELING MAGMA CHAMBER EVOLUTION LEADING TO THE PEACH SPRING TUFF SUPERERUPTION, ARIZONA, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.
This two-part study is focused on the evolution of silicic magma in two very different settings. The first part is a study of zircon to understand the generation, storage, and evolution of felsic magmas erupted in historical times in Iceland. Icelandic zircon compositions, which are correlated with...
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VANDERBILT
2010
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| Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-07092010-143700/ |