Permeability of partially molten upper mantle rocks from experiments and percolation theory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B5, 1997, Pages 10299-10311

  Faul, Ulrich H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC MELT; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERCOLATION THEORY; PERMEABILITY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0031449716     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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