Causes and consequences of flow organization during melt transport: The reaction infiltration instability in compactible media

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B2, 2001, Pages 2061-2077

  Spiegelman, Marc ^a   Kelemen, Peter B ^b   Aharonov, Einat ^a,c  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNELIZATION; FLUID FLOW; MANTLE; PARTIAL MELTING;

EID: 0035070375     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900240     Document Type: Article

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