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Khodakovskii, G., Rabinowicz, M., Genthon, P. and Ceuleneer, G. (1998). 2D modeling of melt percolation in the mantle: The role of a melt dependent mush viscosity. Geophysical Research Letters 25: doi: 10.1029/98GL00222. issn: 0094-8276. |
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2D-melt percolation models in the partially molten mantle are presented. Previous work has shown that melt solitary waves develop in response to the non-linear dependence of mush permeability to melt concentration. The present study focuses on the wave evolution when the mush viscosity abruptly drops, around a critical concentration fc. 2D-waves develop with a diameter, that shortens as the melt concentration increment for viscosity drop narrows. They are initiated inside 1D-maturing horizontal waves at melt concentration of about 4¿fc. Both 1D- and 2D-waves collect all the melt whose concentration exceeds fc. These features may help to explain the distribution and organization of some melt impregnations observed in mantle outcrops. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union |
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Keywords
Tectonophysics, Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle—general, Volcanology, Magma migration, Tectonophysics, Physics of magma and magma bodies, Mathematical Geophysics, Nonlinear dynamics |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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