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Upward movement of granitic magma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. R. Cann
J. R. Cann
Affiliation:
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, University Village, Norwich, NOR 88C
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Summary

The negative P-T slope of the wet melting curve of granite sets limits on the degree of upward movement of granitic magma formed at particular partial pressures of water vapour. Wet granite magma cannot rise very far from its place of formation, and only dry granite magma can be erupted as a liquid. This observation leads to a better understanding of the granitic structure of orogenic belts, and explains some of the apparently paradoxical aspects of granites. Other wet magmas would also not be expected to be erupted as liquids.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 107 , Issue 4 , July 1970 , pp. 335 - 340
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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