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Melt Generation Thresholds

Melt Generation Thresholds is a geochemical model that defines the minimum temperature, pressure, and compositional conditions required for partial melting to initiate in mantle or crustal rocks, distinguishing it from general melting criteria by specifying the precise physicochemical boundaries for melt nucleation.

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57

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27

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2017–2026

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Effects of repetitive emplacement of basaltic intrusions on thermal evolution and melt generation in the crust

Catherine Annen, R. S. J. Sparks · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2002 · 563 citations

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Correlated geophysical, geochemical, and volcanological manifestations of plume‐ridge interaction along the Galápagos Spreading Center

R. S. Detrick, John M. Sinton, Garrett Ito et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2002 · 178 citations · Full text

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Surface energy balance and melt thresholds over 11 years at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

Matthew J. Hoffman, Andrew G. Fountain, Glen E. Liston · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2008 · 123 citations · Full text

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Constraints on melt generation and transport from U-series activity ratios

Dan McKenzie · Chemical Geology · 2000 · 115 citations

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Generating melt during lithospheric extension: Pure shear vs. simple shear

Dave Latin, Nicky White · Geology · 1990 · 84 citations

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Authors

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  1. JO
    J. O. Porteus

    Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  2. GW
    Gordon Webb

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  3. AJ
    Andreas Junge

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  4. SM
    Sandra McLaren

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  5. HN
    Hiroshi Noguchi

    Kyushu University, Japan

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

27

  1. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

    China Lake Acres, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    90 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    199 citations

  3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    890 citations

  4. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    178 citations

  6. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    174 citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    84 citations

  8. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    168 citations

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  1. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    3 publications · 665 citations

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  2. Applied Optics

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  3. Geology

    2 publications · 168 citations

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  4. Chemical Geology

    1 publications · 115 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 1 publications · 123 citations

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