MagPath: An Excel-based Visual Basic program for forward modeling of mafic magma crystallization

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1900-1903

  Mayborn, Kyle R ^a   Lesher, Charles E ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Excel; Magmatic differentiation; Visual Basic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FORWARD MODELING; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 80054897493     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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