Rheology of granitic magmas during ascent and emplacement

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 399-427

  Petford, Nick ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granite magma; Granular flow; Melt fraction; Shear; Solidosity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY;

MAGMAS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0141457831     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.141352     Document Type: Article

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