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Pre-Eruptive Timescales And Processes Of Large Shallow Magma Systems Revealed By Compositional Variability In Silicic Ignimbrites, Amanda C. Laib
Pre-Eruptive Timescales And Processes Of Large Shallow Magma Systems Revealed By Compositional Variability In Silicic Ignimbrites, Amanda C. Laib
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Intracontinental magmas are stored at shallow crustal depths and commonly produce compositionally variable deposits when erupted. A core objective of igneous petrology is to understand the processes and pathways by which these magmas are generated and differentiated. Despite decades of research, debate persists regarding the comparative effects of processes like assimilation, fractional crystallization, and magma mixing in the production of compositional zonation. There are two end member hypotheses of how compositional variability develops in pre-eruptive magma bodies; one proposes long-term storage and crystal fractionation of a mafic or intermediate parent magma, while the other proposes a more transient system resulting …