Cooling Before Super-Eruption: No Role for Rejuvenation in the Cottonwood Wash Tuff Magma Body, Southern Great Basin Ignimbrite Province, Utah and Nevada
The model of rejuvenation of a near-solidus crystal mush to produce large volumes of crystal-rich magma is tested here by analyzing the mineralogical, chemical, modal, and physical characteristics of the 31.1 Ma super-eruptive (2000 km3) Cottonwood Wash Tuff. It is the oldest in a series of three so...
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2015
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6051 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7050&context=etd |