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Basalt-inherited microlites in silicic magmas: evidence from Mt. Pelée (Martinique, F.W.I.).

Caroline Martel 1 Ahmed Radadi Ali 1 Stéphane Poussineau 1 Alain Gourgaud 2 Michel Pichavant 1
1 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans
2 LMV - Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
Abstract : During magma ascent in the volcanic conduit, the decompression of a silicic melt may result in the crystallization of morphologically and compositionally specific crystals, designated as microlites. Hence, microlites have been considered as probes of mechanisms and timescales of magma ascent. Some microlites, however, appear to be in strong thermodynamic disequilibrium with their surrounding melt. We present here an experimental data set revealing that these microlites actually grew prior to ascent during mafic recharge of the magma chamber. These microlites have therefore no genetic relation with decompression-induced crystallization processes. Their presence may affect the rheological properties of the melt, as well as crystal growth mechanisms and kinetics during magma ascent.
keyword : magma mixing basalt rhyolite melt microlite
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Caroline Martel, Ahmed Radadi Ali, Stéphane Poussineau, Alain Gourgaud, Michel Pichavant. Basalt-inherited microlites in silicic magmas: evidence from Mt. Pelée (Martinique, F.W.I.).. Geology, Geological Society of America, 2006, 34, pp.905-008. ⟨10.1130/G22672A.1⟩. ⟨hal-00081453⟩

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