Anatectic melt volumes in the thermal aureole of the Etive Complex, Scotland: The roles of fluid-present and fluid-absent melting

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 843-864

  Droop, G T R ^a   Brodie, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melt fertility; Pelitic migmatites; Pseudosections; Vein leucosomes; Volume expansion

Indexed keywords

LEUCOSOMES; MELT FERTILITY; PELITIC MIGMATITES; PSEUDOSECTIONS; VOLUME EXPANSION;

FRACTURE; MICA; SILICA;

MELTING;

AUREOLE; DIORITE; HORNFELS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LEUCOSOME; MAGMA CHAMBER; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATITE; MUSCOVITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PELITE; PETROGENESIS; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865622328     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2012.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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