When the continental crust melts

Elements

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-234

  Sawyer, Edward W ^a   Cesare, Bernardo ^b   Brown, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Metamorphic petrology; Microstructures; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROLOGY;

CHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MOUNTAIN BELTS; PARTIAL MELTING; REGIONAL DEFORMATIONS; SMALL-SCALE PHENOMENA; TECTONIC FORCES;

GASOLINE;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; LOWER CRUST; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; WEAK ROCK;

EID: 80052460771     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.4.229     Document Type: Article

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