The roof of an axial magma chamber: A hornfelsic heat exchanger

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-302

  Gillis, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conductive boundary layer; Contact aureole; Heat flux; Hornfels; Hydrothermal system

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTACT AUREOLE; HORNFELS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

AUREOLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIKE; GABBRO; HEAT FLUX; HORNBLENDE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA CHAMBER; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OPHIOLITE; PYROXENE; TECTONIC SETTING;

HESS DEEP; PACIFIC OCEAN; PITO DEEP;

EID: 44449102078     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24590A.1     Document Type: Article

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