Thermal structure, thickness and composition of continental lithosphere

Chemical Geology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 395-411

  Rudnick, Roberta L ^a   McDonough, William F ^a   O'Connell, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; LITHOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032522065     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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