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Cumulus Texture

Cumulus Texture is a rock texture characterized by the accumulation of early-formed, dense crystals that settle out of a magma due to gravitational forces, distinguishing it from other igneous textures by its stratified crystal accumulation.

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Cumulate Texture

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Magmatic sedimentation and carbonatitic differentiation in kimberlite sills at Benfontein, South Africa

J. B. Dawson, JOHN BARRY HAWTHORNE · Journal of the Geological Society · 1973 · 214 citations

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The Cumulate Paradigm Reconsidered

Alexander R. McBirney, Robert H. Hunter · The Journal of Geology · 1995 · 140 citations

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Distribution of Orthocumulate Textures in the Jimberlana Intrusion

I. H. Campbell · The Journal of Geology · 1987 · 120 citations

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Petrology and Petrogenesis of Cumulate Peridotites and Gabbros from the Marum Ophiolite Complex, Northern Papua New Guinea

A. L. Jaques · Journal of Petrology · 1981 · 85 citations

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The role of Diffusion-controlled Oscillatory Nucleation in the Formation of Line Rock in Pegmatite–plite Dikes

Karen L. Webber, Alexander U. Falster, William B. Simmons et al. · Journal of Petrology · 1997 · 82 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. KL
    Karen L. Webber

    University of Georgia, United States

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  2. RM
    Ronald M. Welch

    University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  3. IH
    I. H. Campbell

    Australian National University, Australia

    2 publications · 149 citations

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  4. RJ
    Robert J. Bodnar

    Virginia Tech, United States

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  5. KO
    K. Ouzegane

    Office National de la Météorologie, Algeria

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

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  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    163 citations

  2. Mineral Resources

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    289 citations

  3. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    226 citations

  4. University of New Orleans

    New Orleans, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    267 citations

  5. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    88 citations

  6. Université Hassan 1er

    Settat, Morocco

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    88 citations

  8. BHP (Australia)

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Petrology

    4 publications · 216 citations

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  2. Geological Magazine

    3 publications · 58 citations

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  3. The Journal of Geology

    JG · 2 publications · 260 citations

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