Migmatites formed by water-fluxed partial melting of a leucogranodiorite protolith: Microstructures in the residual rocks and source of the fluid

Lithos

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 273-286

  Sawyer, E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatexis; Microstructure; Migmatites; Partial melting; Water fluxed melting

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; ARCHEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAFIC ROCK; MASS BALANCE; MICROCLINE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIGMATITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; PORE SPACE; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 77952010767     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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