Melt segregation in the continental crust: Distribution and movement of melt in anatectic rocks

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 291-309

  Sawyer, E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatexis; Grain boundaries; Melt distribution; Melt segregation

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; CONTINENTAL CRUST; MELT; PARTIAL MELTING;

EID: 0035003453     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0263-4929.2000.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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