Vapour-absent melting from 10 to 20 kbar of crustal rocks that contain multiple hydrous phases: Implications for anatexis in the deep to very deep continental crust and active continental margins

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 661-691

  Skjerlie, Kjell P ^a   Johnston, A Dana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Biotite; Dehydration melting; Epidote; Metavolcanoclastic rock

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ANATEXIS; BIOTITE; DEHYDRATION; EPIDOTE; MELTING;

EID: 0030454339     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.3.661     Document Type: Article

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