Butler, Robert W.H.Torvela, Taija2019-09-032019-09-032018-12-01Butler, R W H & Torvela, T 2018, 'The competition between rates of deformation and solidification in syn-kinematic granitic intrusions : Resolving the pegmatite paradox', Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 117, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.08.0130191-8141RIS: urn:7CAE982463D2FF8D0B85D639B00E9592http://hdl.handle.net/2164/12839We thank Ian Alsop and Rob Strachan for discussions on the deformation at Torrisdale together with Alan Whittington and Mona-Liza Sirbescu for discussions and sharing manuscripts on melt rheologies and pegmatite crystallization. We also thank Elena Druguet for comments on a draft of these ideas, Luca Menegon and Denis Gapais for vigorous reviews of this paper, Bill Dunne for his editorial sweep-through, and participants at DRT2017 in Inverness for comments, in and out of the field. However, the views expressed here are exclusively those of the authors.1334295628engPegmatitesMelt-enhanced deformationContinental deformationRheologyQE GeologyQEJournal article10.1016/j.jsg.2018.08.013117