Liquid immiscibility and evolution of basaltic magma: Reply to S. A. Morse, A. R. McBirney and A. R. Philpotts

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2177-2186

  Veksler, Ilya V ^a,b   Dorfman, Alexander M ^c   Borisov, Alexander A ^d   Wirth, Richard ^a   Dingwell, Donald B ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 59349111190     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn064     Document Type: Note

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