Simultaneous melting and compaction in deformable two-phase media

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 964-982

  Šrámek, Ondřej ^a,b   Ricard, Yanick ^a,c   Bercovici, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Melt generation; Mid ocean ridges; Phase transitions; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; MASS TRANSFER; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; POROSITY; PRESSURE FIELD; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33847768153     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03269.x     Document Type: Article

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