A view into the subsurface of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii: Crystallization processes interpreted through the petrology and petrography of gabbroic and ultramafic xenoliths

Author:

Fodor, R.V., Galar, P.

Title:

A view into the subsurface of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii: Crystallization processes interpreted through the petrology and petrography of gabbroic and ultramafic xenoliths

Periodical:

Journal of Petrology

Year:

1997

Volume:

38

Pages:

581-624

Subject:

Crystalization Cumulates Gabbroic xenoliths Mauna Kea volcano Petrology Hawaii Island

Summary:

Cinder-cone ejecta and lavas from Mauna Kea, one of five volcanoes on the island of Hawaii that reaches an altitude of 4230 meters, consist of ultramafic and gabbroic xenoliths. This ejecta and lavas offer opportunities to study crystallization environments and processes for magmas that constructed the Hawaiian islands. This study was done in an effort to elucidate the internal magmatic workings of Hawaiian volcanoes and to understand how plutonic assemblages relate to stages of Hawaiian magmatism.

URL:

https://doi.org/10.1093/petroj/38.5.581

Date:

May 1997

Collection:

Periodicals