Highly fractionated granites: Recognition and research

FY Wu, XC Liu, WQ Ji, JM Wang, L Yang - Science China Earth Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Granite is one of the most important components of the continental crust on our Earth; it thus
has been an enduring studied subject in geology. According to present knowledge, granite …

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 …

Ignimbrites to batholiths: Integrating perspectives from geological, geophysical, and geochronological data

PW Lipman, O Bachmann - Geosphere, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Multistage histories of incremental accumulation, fractionation, and solidification during
construction of large subvolcanic magma bodies that remained sufficiently liquid to erupt are …

Slab-rollback ignimbrite flareups in the southern Great Basin and other Cenozoic American arcs: A distinct style of arc volcanism

MG Best, EH Christiansen, S de Silva… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In continental-margin subduction zones, basalt magmas spawned in the mantle interact with
the crust to produce a broad spectrum of volcanic arc associations. A distinct style of very …

Cumulate recycling in igneous systems: the volcanic record

BS Ellis, JA Wolff, D Szymanowski, F Forni… - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
Magmatic evolution creates crystal cumulates. In the current paradigm for the genesis of
evolved magmas, cumulate crystal mushes dominate trans-crustal magma systems that feed …

Zircon record of the plutonic-volcanic connection and protracted rhyolite melt evolution

CD Deering, B Keller, B Schoene, O Bachmann… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The potential petrogenetic link between a crystal-poor rhyolite (the Rhyolite Canyon Tuff)
and its associated subvolcanic intrusion and crystal-rich post-caldera lavas from Turkey …

Most granitoid rocks are cumulates: deductions from hornblende compositions and zircon saturation

CG Barnes, K Werts, V Memeti, K Ardill - Journal of Petrology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cumulate processes in granitic magma systems are thought by some to be negligible and by
others to be common and widespread. Because most granitic rocks lack obvious evidence of …

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 …

Europium and barium enrichments in compositionally zoned felsic tuffs: A smoking gun for the origin of chemical and physical gradients by cumulate melting

JA Wolff, F Forni, BS Ellis, D Szymanowski - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Felsic pyroclastic deposits of overall low crystallinity erupted from caldera volcanoes
frequently display internal gradients in composition and crystal content. The chemical …

A compositional tipping point governing the mobilization and eruption style of rhyolitic magma

D Di Genova, S Kolzenburg, S Wiesmaier, E Dallanave… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The most viscous volcanic melts and the largest explosive eruptions on our planet consist of
calcalkaline rhyolites,. These eruptions have the potential to influence global climate. The …