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Some constraints on the origin of phonolites from the Gregory Rift,Kenya, and inferences concerning basaltic magmas in the Rift System
Authors:Gordon G Goles
Institution:Center for Volcanology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, U.S.A.
Abstract:Plateau-type phonolites of the Gregory Rift represent magmas with densities of about 2.3 g/cm3. These magmas must have erupted soon after their formation. The average depth of the bases of the approximately 100 to 300 magma chambers from which they erupted was between about 10 and about 24 km. The average vertical extent of the magma chambers was between about 3 and about 8 km. The aggregate volume of phonolitic magma formed beneath the Rift in Miocene times probably lies in the range of 0.5 to 1×105 km3. Both the crystal fractionation model and the anatectic model for formation of this volume of phonolitic magma require the presence of a large reservoir of basaltic magma, probably picritic in character, with a volume of at least 5×105 km3 and perhaps as much as 20×105 km3. This reservoir presumably is now part of the dense basic intrusive complex along the Rift axis. The Miocene and Pliocene episodes of basaltic volcanism in this region may be related to eruption of evolved liquids from this reservoir.
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