An analogue model of melt segregation and accumulation processes in the Earth's crust

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-10

  Urston, Kristjan ^a   Soesoo, Alvar ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Fractals; Melt segregation; Migmatites; Self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ANALOG MODEL; HOST ROCK; MAGMATISM; MIGMATITE; PARTIAL MELTING; POWER LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34249731424     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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