From sediment to granite: Timescales of anatexis in the upper crust

Chemical Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-167

  Harris, Nigel ^a   Vance, Derek ^a   Ayres, Mike ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal anatexis; Diffusion; Granite; Himalaya; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; GRANITE; MELT; TIMESCALE; UPPER CRUST;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0034602856     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00121-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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