Experimental investigation of melt topology in partially molten quartzo-feldspathic aggregates under hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic stress

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 705-722

  Gleason, G C ^a   Bruce, V ^a   Green, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation mechanisms; Dihedral angles; Partial melt

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MELT; PARTIAL MELTING;

EID: 0033384248     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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