Controls on low-pressure anatexis

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-118

  Gerbi, C C ^a,b   Johnson, S E ^a   Koons, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatexis; Low pressure metamorphism; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; METAMORPHISM;

EID: 33644819623     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00628.x     Document Type: Review

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