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Melt-dilution heat balance in a dike (bTt​+Q0​Tz​=−[L/cp​+(T−Tm​)]bt​)

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New wall melt enters at the wall melting temperature Tm​. Besides supplying its latent heat, the flowing magma must warm this added melt. Relative to Tm​, conservative heat storage is b(T−Tm​), so differentiating it retains (T−Tm​)bt​ 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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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2002 / iii / Paper 55 / 3 / Solution

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