Yodler H.S., JR. Generation of Basaltic Magma

Based on a lecture series presented at Dartmouth College, May 5-9, 1975, and at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, June 23-27, 1975.
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. 1976. 265 p.Parental Materials
Depth of Melting
Melting Processes
Thermal Energy Requirements for Melting
Physicochemical Constraints on Melting
Composition of Major Basaltic Magmas
Olivine in the Parental Material
Tectonophysics of Melting
Energetics and Periodicity
Summary Overview