Grain-scale permeabilities of texturally equilibrated, monomineralic rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 591-605

  Wark, David A ^a   Watson, E Bruce ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid phase; Lower crust; Mantle; Melts; Permeability; Porosity

Indexed keywords

LOWER CRUST; MANTLE; MELT; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 0032583353     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00252-0     Document Type: Article

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