Complications to carbonate melt mobility due to the presence of an immiscible silicate melt

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 1965-1973

  Minarik, William G ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate melt; Immiscible; Interfacial energy; Silicate melt; Wetting

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; IMMISCIBILITY; MELT; METASOMATISM; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 0032455799     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.11-12.1965     Document Type: Article

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