Melt segregation in the lower crust: How have experiments helped us?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 73-83

  Rushmer, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental rock deformation; Geochemistry; Melt migration; Melting reactions; Static experiments; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

CRUST (LOWER); DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MELT SEGREGATION; STRAIN; STRESS;

EID: 0030426578     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300006490     Document Type: Article

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