Formation, crystallization, and migration of melt in the mid-orogenic crust: Muskoka domain migmatites, Grenville Province, Ontario

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 893-919

  Slagstad, Trond ^a,b   Jamieson, R A ^a   Culshaw, N G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Grenville orogen; Melt crystallization; Melt transport; Migmatite geochemistry; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; MIGMATITE; ORTHOGNEISS; PETROGENESIS;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18544367347     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi004     Document Type: Review

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