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Magma Assimilation

Magma Assimilation is a geological process in which a magma absorbs and incorporates surrounding country rock through thermal or chemical interaction, thereby modifying its composition while crystallizing or ascending through the crust.

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The effects of assimilation of country rocks by magmas on 18O/16O and 87Sr/86Sr systematics in igneous rocks

Hugh P. Taylor · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1980 · 444 citations

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Energy-Constrained Open-System Magmatic Processes I: General Model and Energy-Constrained Assimilation and Fractional Crystallization (EC-AFC) Formulation

Frank J. Spera · Journal of Petrology · 2001 · 417 citations · Full text

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Energy-Constrained Open-System Magmatic Processes II: Application of Energy-Constrained Assimilation-Fractional Crystallization (EC-AFC) Model to Magmatic Systems

Wendy A. Bohrson · Journal of Petrology · 2001 · 295 citations · Full text

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Dacite Genesis via both Slab Melting and Differentiation: Petrogenesis of La Yeguada Volcanic Complex, Panama

M. J. DEFANT, P. M. RICHERSON, Jelle Zeilinga de Boer et al. · Journal of Petrology · 1991 · 287 citations

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Assimilation of felsic crust by basaltic magma: Thermal limits and extents of crustal contamination of mantle-derived magmas

Peter W. Reiners, Bruce K. Nelson, M. S. Ghiorso · Geology · 1995 · 208 citations

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Authors

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  1. WA
    Wendy A. Bohrson

    Central Washington University, United States

    5 publications · 510 citations

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  2. FJ
    Frank J. Spera

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    5 publications · 632 citations

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  3. CF
    C. Freda

    Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy

    3 publications · 274 citations

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  4. CH
    Chris Harris

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    3 publications · 213 citations

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  5. HP
    Hugh P. Taylor

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 640 citations

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  1. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    314 citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    732 citations

  4. Central Washington University

    Ellensburg, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    271 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    307 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    333 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    575 citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    275 citations

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  1. Journal of Petrology

    23 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Lithos

    12 publications · 535 citations

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  3. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

    11 publications · 799 citations

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  4. Geology

    8 publications · 935 citations

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  5. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    6 publications · 287 citations

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