The significance of multiple saturation points in the context of polybaric near-fractional melting

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2349-2367

  Asimow, Paul D ^a   Longhi, John ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Basaltic volcanism; Experimental igneous petrology; Inverse method; Mantle melting; Thermodynamic modelling

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MANTLE; MELTING; PETROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 10244224010     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh043     Document Type: Article

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