Some Aspects of the Role of Water In Rock Melts
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- 12 March 2015
- book chapter
- Published by Geological Society of America
- p. 489-504
- https://doi.org/10.1130/spe62-p489
Abstract
Water will diffuse and distribute itself in a magma so that the chemical potential of the water is the same throughout the magma chamber. By this mechanism water tends to be concentrated in the magma chamber in the regions of lowest pressures and temperatures. Alkalis and certain metals will co-ordinate with the water and, similarly, be concentrated in the regions of lowest pressure and temperature…Keywords
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