The distribution of partial melt in a granitic system: The application of liquid phase sintering theory

Two series of experiments, four crystallization and four partial melting, were performed at 1000°C and 10 kilobars in the quartz-alkali feldspar-granitic melt system in order to determine the equilibrium melt distribution and textural adjustment processes. The melt distribution in both types of experiments was characterized by melt residing at grain edge intersections and in a few large pools scattered throughout the sample. Wetting angle...