How mafic is the lower continental crust?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 101-117

  Gao, Shan ^a   Zhang, Ben Ren ^a   Jin, Zhen Ming ^a   Kern, Hartmut ^b   Luo, Ting Chuan ^a   Zhao, Zi Dan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Composition; Continental crust; Crustal structure; Delamination; Heat flow; Lower crust; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST;

CHINA;

EID: 0032464825     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00140-X     Document Type: Article

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