Viscosity of Himalayan leucogranites: Implications for mechanisms of granitic magma ascent

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 27691-27699

  Scaillet, Bruno ^a   Holtz, Francois ^a   Pichavant, Michel ^a   Schmidt, Michael ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MAGMA ASCENT; VISCOSITY;

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, GARHWAL HIMALAYA;

EID: 3743150860     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01631     Document Type: Article

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