'Decompression melting' presentation slideshows

How Magma Forms

How Magma Forms. Sources of heat for melting rocks Factors that control melting temperatures Other considerations: Volatiles Change in Pressure (Decompression Melting). Heat Flow on Earth. An increment of heat , ? q, transferred into a body produces a

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ES 290C 2 nd Seminar Non-Plume Hypotheses for and Proposed Environmental Effects of LIPs

ES 290C 2 nd Seminar Non-Plume Hypotheses for and Proposed Environmental Effects of LIPs. * LIPs are produced by large amounts of magma emplaced in a geologically short time. ? high rate of melting * How to melt mantle?

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Igneous Rocks: Forged By Fire

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Igneous Rocks: Forged By Fire

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Tectonic petrology - robust tests of paleotectonic environments

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Partial melting

Partial melting. 2. Melting reactions, experimental petrology Melting of the crust. Qz-Ab-Or + H 2 O. At 1 kbar (supersolvus). At 5 kbar (subsolvus). Chapter 18: Granitoid Rocks.

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