Melt-dilution heat balance in a dike

ID: melt-dilution-heat-balance-in-a-dike

New wall melt enters at the wall melting temperature . Besides supplying its latent heat, the flowing magma must warm this added melt. Relative to , conservative heat storage is , so differentiating it retains and gives the displayed dilution term. Omitting that term requires an additional approximation, such as a small sensible-to-latent heat ratio; it does not follow from equal densities alone.

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