Lithospheric shear zones and mantle-crust connections

Tectonophysics

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 15-29

  Pili, E ^a,c   Ricard, Y ^a   Lardeaux, J M ^b   Sheppard, S M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid; Granulites; Gravimetry; Lithosphere; Shear zone; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRUST; GRANULITE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; PRECAMBRIAN; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0031429962     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00142-X     Document Type: Article

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