Mesoscopic structures resulting from crystal accumulation and melt movement in granites

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-381

  Vernon, R H ^a,b   Paterson, S R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bega batholith; Compaction; K feldspar; Magmatic foliation; Magmatic instabilities; Megacrysts; Schlieren; Tuolumne batholith

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949113681     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001516     Document Type: Article

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