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Two sandstones have been selected in this study as candidates for pore-fluid-solid experiments and also as analogues for partially-molten rocks: a Darley Dale sandstone from England and a New Red Sandstone from Scotland.

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Chien, SY. (2014). Sample Characteristics. In: Rheological and Seismic Properties of Solid-Melt Systems. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03098-2_3

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