Thermal evolution of the lithosphere beneath the French Massif Central as deduced from geothermobarometry on mantle xenoliths

Tectonophysics

Volumn 275, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 119-141

  Werling, Friederike ^a   Altherr, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

French Massif Central; Geothermobarometry; Lithosphere; Lithospheric thickness; Mantle xenoliths; Spinel peridotite

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; P/T CONDITIONS; SPINEL PERIDOTITE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; XENOLITH;

FRANCE, MASSIF CENTRAL;

EID: 0031410614     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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