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Plagioclase Populations And Zoning In Dacite Of The 2004–2005 Mount St. Helens Eruption: Constraints For Magma Origin And Dynamics, Martin J. Streck, Cindy A. Broderick, Carl R. Thornber, Michael A. Clynne, John S. Pallister
Plagioclase Populations And Zoning In Dacite Of The 2004–2005 Mount St. Helens Eruption: Constraints For Magma Origin And Dynamics, Martin J. Streck, Cindy A. Broderick, Carl R. Thornber, Michael A. Clynne, John S. Pallister
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We investigated plagioclase phenocrysts in dacite of the 2004–5 eruption of Mount St. Helens to gain insights into the magmatic processes of the current eruption, which is characterized by prolonged, nearly solid-state extrusion, low gas emission, and shallow seismicity. In addition, we investigated plagioclase of 1980–86 dacite.
Light and Nomarski microscopy were used to texturally characterize plagioclase crystals. Electron microprobe analyses measured their compositions. We systematically mapped and categorized all plagioclase phenocrysts in a preselected area according to the following criteria: (1) occurrence of zones of acicular orthopyroxene inclusions, (2) presence of dissolution surface(s), and (3) spatial association of 1 …