Silicic magma reservoirs in the Earth's crust

O Bachmann, C Huber - American Mineralogist, 2016 - degruyter.com
Magma reservoirs play a key role in controlling numerous processes in planetary evolution,
including igneous differentiation and degassing, crustal construction, and volcanism. For …

Construction and evolution of igneous bodies: Towards an integrated perspective of crustal magmatism

C Annen, JD Blundy, J Leuthold, RSJ Sparks - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Field, geochronological and geophysical studies show that many igneous bodies are
emplaced incrementally, growing by accretion of successive magma sheets. The existence …

[HTML][HTML] Low-δ18O silicic magmas on Earth: A review

J Troch, BS Ellis, C Harris, O Bachmann… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silicic magmas play an important role in the formation of continental crust and are
responsible for some of the most hazardous volcanic eruptions on the planet. Low-δ 18 O …

The hunting of the snArc

JH Bedard, LB Harris, PC Thurston - Precambrian Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Volcanic and intrusive rocks with geochemical signatures typical of modern continental or
oceanic arcs are uncommon in the Archaean and the archetypal Archaean granite …

Remelting of cumulates as a process for producing chemical zoning in silicic tuffs: A comparison of cool, wet and hot, dry rhyolitic magma systems

JA Wolff, BS Ellis, FC Ramos, WA Starkel, S Boroughs… - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
We review petrological and geochemical features of silicic pyroclastic deposits of dominantly
low to moderate (0–25%) crystallinity, and volumes in the range of 5–1000 km 3, erupted …

Crustal structure and signatures of recent tectonism as influenced by ancient terranes in the western United States

H Gilbert - Geosphere, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The amalgamation of crustal blocks that composes the western cordillera of North America
has a long history of deformation across a broad zone. Investigations spanning a range of …

Initial impingement of the Yellowstone plume located by widespread silicic volcanism contemporaneous with Columbia River flood basalts

MA Coble, GA Mahood - Geology, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
During the main phase of Steens and Columbia River (United States) flood basalt eruptions
between 16.7 and 15.0 Ma,∼ 3900 km3 of silicic magma erupted from centers dispersed …

Large-volume rhyolite genesis in caldera complexes of the Snake River Plain: insights from the Kilgore Tuff of the Heise Volcanic Field, Idaho, with comparison to …

KE Watts, IN Bindeman, AK Schmitt - Journal of Petrology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Generation of large-volume rhyolites in the shallow crust is an important, yet enigmatic,
process in the Snake River Plain and worldwide. Here, we present data for voluminous …

Rhyolitic volcanism of the central Snake River Plain: a review

BS Ellis, JA Wolff, S Boroughs, DF Mark… - Bulletin of …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The central Snake River Plain (CSRP) of southern Idaho and northern Nevada,
USA, forms part of the Columbia River–Yellowstone large igneous province. Volcanic rocks …

Structure and tectonics of the northwestern United States from EarthScope USArray magnetotelluric data

PA Bedrosian, DW Feucht - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
The magnetotelluric component of the EarthScope USArray program has covered over 35%
of the continental United States. Resistivity tomography models derived from these data …