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Melt Weakening

Melt Weakening is a rheological mechanism in which the presence of partial melt reduces the effective viscosity and shear strength of rocks, thereby enhancing ductile deformation under stress.

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Numerical models on the influence of partial melt on elastic, anelastic and electric properties of rocks. Part I: elasticity and anelasticity

Harro Schmeling · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 1985 · 249 citations

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Tectonism and magmatism during NE Atlantic continental break-up: the Vøring Margin

Jakob Skogseid, Tom Pedersen, Olav Eldholm et al. · Geological Society London Special Publications · 1992 · 180 citations

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Decompaction weakening and channeling instability in ductile porous media: Implications for asthenospheric melt segregation

J. A. D. Connolly, Yury Podladchikov · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2007 · 143 citations · Full text

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Aureole Deformation by Flattening around a Diapir during in Situ Ballooning: The Cannibal Creek Granite

Roger Bateman · The Journal of Geology · 1985 · 100 citations

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Thermal weakening of the carbonate basement under Mt. Etna volcano (Italy): Implications for volcano instability

Michael J. Heap, Silvio Mollo, S. Vinciguerra et al. · Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research · 2012 · 98 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. CR
    Claudio Rosenberg

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    3 publications · 163 citations

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  2. AH
    Arjan H. Dijkstra

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  3. MB
    Michael Brown

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    2 publications · 145 citations

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  4. YF
    Yuri Fialko

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    2 publications · 111 citations

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  5. MR
    Mark R. Handy

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    2 publications · 138 citations

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Institutions

93

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    817 citations

  2. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    720 citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    265 citations

  4. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    386 citations

  5. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    290 citations

  6. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    410 citations

  7. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    158 citations

  8. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

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  1. Geological Society London Special Publications

    5 publications · 357 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 277 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

    3 publications · 93 citations

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  4. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    3 publications · 169 citations

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  5. Journal of Structural Geology

    3 publications · 107 citations

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