Dehydration melting of metabasalt at 8-32 kbar: Implications for continental growth and crust-mantle recycling

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 891-931

  Rapp, Robert P ^a   Watson, E Bruce ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental growth; Crust mantle recycling; Dehydration melting; Metabasalt

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL GROWTH; CRUST/MANTLE RECYCLING; DEHYDRATION MELTING; METABASALT; PARTIAL MELTING;

EID: 0029511638     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/36.4.891     Document Type: Article

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