An analysis of variations in isentropic melt productivity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1723, 1997, Pages 255-281

  Asimow, P D ^a   Hirschmann, M M ^a,b   Stolper, E M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC UPWELLING; ISENTROPIC MELT PRODUCTIVITY; MANTLE; MELTING;

EID: 0030831457     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0009     Document Type: Article

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