The crustal tongue melting model and the origin of massive anorthosites

Terra Nova

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 100-105

  Duchesne, J C ^a   Liegeois J P ^a,b   Auwera, J Vander ^a   Longhi, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 17544400831     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1999.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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