A two-porosity double lithology model for partial melting, melt transport and melt-rock reaction in the mantle: Mass conservation equations and trace element transport

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 125-152

  Liang, Yan ^a   Parmentier, E Marc ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double lithology; Double porosity; Dunite channel; Harzburgite; Mantle melting; Melt rock reaction; Melting model; Metasomatism; Reactive dissolution; Trace element

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DISSOLUTION; DUNITE; HARZBURGITE; LITHOLOGY; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MASS TRANSFER; METASOMATISM; MODELING; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; POROSITY; PYROXENE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 77749291845     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp086     Document Type: Article

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