Scale-invariance and self-organized criticality in migmatites of the southern Hualapai Mountains, Arizona

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1114-1124

  Bonamici, Chloë E ^a   Duebendorfer, Ernest M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melt flow network; Migmatite; Scale invariance; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; ARIZONA; BOX-COUNTING; FLOW NETWORK; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; MELT DISTRIBUTIONS; MELT MOVEMENT; METATEXITE; MIGMATITE; SCALE INVARIANCE; SCALE-INVARIANT; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICAL; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; SOLID PHASIS;

LANDFORMS;

COALESCENCE;

ANATEXIS; DEFORMATION; LEUCOSOME; MELT; MIGMATITE;

ARIZONA; HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957151566     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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