Organizing melt flow through the crust

Elements

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Brown, Michael ^a   Korhonen, Fawna J ^b   Siddoway, Christine S ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Dike; Ductile fracturing; Granite; Granulite; Meltflow; Migmatite

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; MASS TRANSFER; TECTONICS;

DUCTILE TO BRITTLE TRANSITIONS; GRANULITE; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MELTFLOW; MIGMATITE; PERMEABLE POROSITY; STRUCTURAL FABRIC; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DIKE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FLOW REGULATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRANITE; GRANULITE; MASS TRANSFER; MIGMATITE; OROGENIC BELT; OUTCROP; POROSITY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 80052428602     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.4.261     Document Type: Article

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