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The experimental study of melting relationships in natural basaltic rocks dates from the late eighteenth century when Sir James Hall managed successfully to fuse samples of dolerite in support of the ‘Plutonist’ school of geological thought. However, systematic research has gained impetus only in the twentieth century, and particularly since 1962, the year which saw the appearance of the classic study by Yoder and Tilley—‘Origin of basalt magmas: an experimental study of natural and synthetic rock systems’.
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© 1979 K.G. Cox, J.D.Beil and R.J. Pankhurst
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Cox, K.G., Bell, J.D., Pankhurst, R.J. (1979). Experimental work on natural basaltic and allied rocks. In: The Interpretation of Igneous Rocks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3373-1_9
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