Granitic batholiths: From pervasive and continuous melting in the lower crust to discontinuous and spaced plutonism in the upper crust

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-324

  Vigneresse, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

ascent; emplacement; granitic pluton; magma mixing; melting; segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015526407     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001474     Document Type: Article

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