The production of chemically stratified and adcumulate plutonic igneous rocks

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-114

  Tait, Stephen R ^a   Jaupart, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Adcumulus growth; Crystallizing boundary layer; Multi component systems

Indexed keywords

ADCUMULUS GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRATIFICATION; CRYSTALLIZING BOUNDARY LAYER; PLUTONIC ROCK; SOLIDIFICATION FRONT;

EID: 0029769253     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.398.07     Document Type: Article

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