Rheology of partially molten mantle rocks

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue , 1996, Pages 41-62

  Kohlstedt, David L ^a   Zimmerman, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusional creep; Dislocation creep; Flow laws; Melt distribution; Partial melts; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CREEP; MANTLE; PARTIALLY MOLTEN ROCK; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030469664     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.24.1.41     Document Type: Article

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